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Vulnerability details: VCID-bj6a-fa3k-4kgh
Vulnerability ID VCID-bj6a-fa3k-4kgh
Aliases CVE-2020-5231
GHSA-94qw-r73x-j7hg
Summary Users with ROLE_COURSE_ADMIN can create new users in Opencast
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00229 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-5231
epss 0.00229 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-5231
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-94qw-r73x-j7hg
cvssv3.1 4.8 https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/72fad0031d8a82c860e2bde0b27570c5042320ee
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/72fad0031d8a82c860e2bde0b27570c5042320ee
cvssv3.1 4.8 https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-94qw-r73x-j7hg
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-94qw-r73x-j7hg
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-94qw-r73x-j7hg
cvssv3.1 4.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5231
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5231
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-5231
https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/72fad0031d8a82c860e2bde0b27570c5042320ee
CVE-2020-5231 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5231
GHSA-94qw-r73x-j7hg https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-94qw-r73x-j7hg
GHSA-94qw-r73x-j7hg https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-94qw-r73x-j7hg
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/72fad0031d8a82c860e2bde0b27570c5042320ee
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-94qw-r73x-j7hg
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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physical

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5231
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.45873
EPSS Score 0.00229
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T20:25:48.137736+00:00 GHSA Importer Import https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-94qw-r73x-j7hg 38.6.0