CVE-2020-26679

Published May 26, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
vFairs 3.3 is affected by Insecure Permissions. Any user logged in to a vFairs virtual conference or event can modify any other users profile information or profile picture. After receiving any user's unique identification number and their own, an HTTP POST request can be made update their profile description or supply a new profile image. This can lead to potential cross-site scripting attacks on any user, or upload malicious PHP webshells as "profile pictures." The user IDs can be easily determined by other responses from the API for an event or chat room.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-19221 vFairs 3.3 is affected by Insecure Permissions. Any user logged in to a vFairs virtual conference or event can modify any other users profile information or profile picture. After receiving any user's unique identification number and their own, an HTTP POST request can be made update their profile description or supply a new profile image. This can lead to potential cross-site scripting attacks on any user, or upload malicious PHP webshells as "profile pictures." The user IDs can be easily determined by other responses from the API for an event or chat room.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Jul 9, 2026, 12:11 AM
Reserved
Oct 7, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 26, 2021, 12:15 PM
Modified
Jul 9, 2026, 1:16 AM