CVE-2020-5206: Improper Authentication
(updated )
In Opencast using a remember-me
cookie with an arbitrary username can cause Opencast to assume proper authentication for that user even if the remember-me cookie was incorrect given that the attacked endpoint also allows anonymous access. This way, an attacker can, for example, fake a remember-me
token, assume the identity of the global system administrator and request non-public content from the search service without ever providing any proper authentication.
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