CVE-2020-29668
Status: ModifiedLow (3.7)—
Sympa before 6.2.59b.2 allows remote attackers to obtain full SOAP API access by sending any arbitrary string (except one from an expired cookie) as the cookie value to authenticateAndRun.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Base score: 3.7
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.98%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 80
- Score date: 10/14/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-287, CWE-565
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976020
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/blob/6.2.59b.2/NEWS.md
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1041
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/pull/1044
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00026.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976020
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/blob/6.2.59b.2/NEWS.md
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1041
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/pull/1044
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00026.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818
Raw JSON (NVD)
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