CVE-2020-5899

In NGINX Controller 3.0.0-3.4.0, recovery code required to change a user's password is transmitted and stored in the database in plain text, which allows an attacker who can intercept the database connection or have read access to the database, to request a password reset using the email address of another registered user then retrieve the recovery code.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - f5sirt@f5.com

Published

2020-07-01

Last modified

2024-08-04

Weaknesses

CWE-312, CWE-319, CWE-522

Affected products

• Nginx Controller (F5)

References

• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K25434422