CVE-2019-12300 (GCVE-0-2019-12300)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-05-23 14:18 – Updated: 2024-08-04 23:17
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Summary
Buildbot before 1.8.2 and 2.x before 2.3.1 accepts a user-submitted authorization token from OAuth and uses it to authenticate a user. If an attacker has a token allowing them to read the user details of a victim, they can login as the victim.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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