CVE-2023-0872

ROLE_REST can be used to escalate to ROLE_ADMIN via /rest/users

State: Published
Severity: 8.2 High
Published: Aug 14, 2023
Updated: Oct 3, 2024
Reserved: Feb 16, 2023

Description

The Horizon REST API includes a users endpoint in OpenMNS Horizon 31.0.8 and versions earlier than 32.0.2 on multiple platforms is vulnerable to elevation of privilege. The solution is to upgrade to Meridian 2023.1.6, 2022.1.19, 2021.1.30, 2020.1.38 or Horizon 32.0.2 or newer. Meridian and Horizon installation instructions state that they are intended for installation within an organization's private networks and should not be directly accessible from the Internet.

OpenNMS thanks Erik Wynter for reporting this issue.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.2 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L	OpenNMS

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
HorizonThe OpenNMS Group	31.0.8 to before 32.0.2Affected before 31.0.8Unknown
MeridianThe OpenNMS Group	2020.0.0 through 2020.1.37Affected 2021.0.0 through 2021.1.29Affected 2022.0.0 through 2022.1.18Affected 2023.0.0 through 2023.1.5Affected

References

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