01 Record
CVE-2020-15679
An OAuth session fixation vulnerability existed in the VPN login flow, where an attacker could craft a custom login URL, convince a VPN user to login via that URL, and obtain authenticated access as
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: mozilla
CNA base score7.6 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
02 Description
An OAuth session fixation vulnerability existed in the VPN login flow, where an attacker could craft a custom login URL, convince a VPN user to login via that URL, and obtain authenticated access as
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 43.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-12-22 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-04-16 15:52Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-07-10
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.6)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-384Session FixationCompound
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1373a8d123369c8d4f034880f3eb28180e88efe1d673fb43875080ea8f131018
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-48/
- github.comhttps://github.com/mozilla-services/guardian-vpn-windows/commit/ac6f562973a83f6758cd7ab7aa313e863047d41b
- github.comhttps://github.com/mozilla-mobile/guardian-vpn-android/commit/981c840276ef3aee98cf5d42993d484ee99b28d9
- github.comhttps://github.com/mozilla-mobile/guardian-vpn-ios/commit/4309f5c9bd2c15cdfd39ac173665fad3f2598b54