CVE-2020-25204 Missing authorization in n/a
An attacker can send arbitrary in-game push notifications to users because the Android app lacks authorization checks on its broadcast receiver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-25204?
CVE-2020-25204 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The God Kings application 0.60.1 for Android exposes a broadcast receiver to other apps called com.innogames.core.frontend.notifications.receivers.LocalNotificationBroadcastReceiver. The purpose of this broadcast receiver is to show an in-game push notification to the player. However, the application does not enforce any authorization schema on the broadcast receiver, allowing any application to send fully customizable in-game push notifications.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25204?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Innogames God Kings.
How do I fix CVE-2020-25204?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-25204 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2020-25204 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25204 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cc2v-347v-c452.