CVE-2020-24592
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMitel MiCloud Management Portal before 6.1 SP5 could allow an attacker, by sending a crafted request, to view system information due to insufficient output sanitization.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMitel MiCloud Management Portal versions before 6.1 SP5 contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to insufficient output sanitization. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the portal to view sensitive system information. This is a classic web application information leakage issue where user-supplied input or system responses are not properly sanitized before being returned to the client.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 6.0= 6.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the MiCloud Management Portal versionLog into the management portal as administrator and navigate to the About or System Information page to view the exact version number (for example, look for a version field showing something like 6.1 or 6.0.x)Affected if The version displayed is 6.0 or lower, or exactly 6.1 (before Service Pack 5)
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Check the Service Pack level on version 6.1If the version shows 6.1, verify whether Service Pack 5 is installed by checking the full version string (for example, 6.1 SP5 or later) or the build number in the portal's About sectionAffected if The version shows 6.1 without SP5 or later installed
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Verify network accessibility of the management portalDetermine if the MiCloud Management Portal web interface is exposed to unauthenticated or untrusted networks by reviewing firewall rules, load balancer configurations, or network access lists that control who can reach the portal URLAffected if The portal is reachable from unauthenticated or public-facing network segments without VPN or authentication proxy in front of it
You are affected if your MiCloud Management Portal version is 6.0 or lower, or exactly version 6.1 without SP5 or later installed, and the portal is accessible to unauthenticated attackers on the network.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataPrimary remediation is to upgrade to MiCloud Management Portal version 6.1 SP5 or later to obtain the vendor patch. As a defensive layer, restrict network access to the management portal to authorized administrative users only and implement web application firewall rules to detect and block anomalous requests.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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