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Cloud Foundry UAA Privilege Escalation

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 1, 2024

Package

maven org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server (Maven)

Affected versions

< 4.23.0

Patched versions

4.23.0

Description

Cloud Foundry UAA release, versions prior to v64.0, and UAA, versions prior to 4.23.0, contains a validation error which allows for privilege escalation. A remote authenticated user may modify the url and content of a consent page to gain a token with arbitrary scopes that escalates their privileges.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 19, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Mar 1, 2024
Last updated Mar 1, 2024

Severity

High
8.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2018-15761

GHSA ID

GHSA-292x-hjr8-226f

Source code

Credits

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