Unintended administrative route access via loose URL checks
Published Jan 6, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Improper URL validation in the OpenLiteSpeed WebAdmin Console before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to access unintended administrative routes. The public record identifies the Server Configuration External App screen as a demonstration, but it does not disclose the parser or authorization decision that accepts the malformed request. No prior privileges or user interaction are required; the vendor has not described the resulting data access, configuration change, or service effect.
Summary
What happened
Improper URL validation in the OpenLiteSpeed WebAdmin Console before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to access unintended administrative routes. The public record identifies the Server Configuration External App screen as a demonstration, but it does not disclose the parser or authorization decision that accepts the malformed request. No prior privileges or user interaction are required; the vendor has not described the resulting data access, configuration change, or service effect.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-5519
- Published
- Jan 6, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-20
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 6, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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