# CVE-2020-12776: Openfind Mail2000 - Broken Access Control

> Attackers with admin tokens can execute unauthorized commands due to broken access control in Openfind Mail2000.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-chfx-f86m-4vj9

## What is CVE-2020-12776?

CVE-2020-12776 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Openfind Mail2000, published on 1 Sep 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Openfind Mail2000 contains Broken Access Control vulnerability, which can be used to execute unauthorized commands after attackers obtain the administrator access token or cookie.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12776?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openfind Mail2000.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-12776?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12776 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-12776 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Openfind Mail2000

- [CVE-2024-5400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5400/): Openfind Mail2000 - OS Command Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-5399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5399/): Openfind Mail2000 - OS Command Injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-6740](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6740/): Openfind Mail2000 - Stored XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2019-15071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15071/): Openfind MAIL2000 Webmail Pre-Auth Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2019-15072](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15072/): Openfind MAIL2000 Webmail Post-Auth Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-12776 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-12776 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Openfind Mail2000, published on 1 Sep 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Openfind Mail2000. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12776/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12776/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12776
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12776
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12776

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12776/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.