# CVE-2020-36901: UBICOD Medivision Digital Signage 1.5.1 Cross-Site Request Forgery via User Management

> Attackers can exploit CSRF to create administrative user accounts in UBICOD Medivision Digital Signage, leading to privilege escalation and account takeover.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-36vw-m4cf-f8jm

## What is CVE-2020-36901?

CVE-2020-36901 is a high-severity vulnerability in UBICOD Medivision Digital Signage, published on 10 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

UBICOD Medivision Digital Signage 1.5.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to create administrative user accounts without proper request validation. Attackers can craft a malicious web page that submits a form to the /query/user/itSet endpoint to add a new admin user with elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36901?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Medivision Medivision Digital Signage Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-36901?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36901 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-36901 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-36901 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in UBICOD Medivision Digital Signage

- [CVE-2020-36902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36902/): UBICOD Medivision Digital Signage 1.5.1 Authorization Bypass via User Privileges (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-36901 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-36901 is a high-severity vulnerability in UBICOD Medivision Digital Signage, published on 10 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-36901 exists.

Affected product: UBICOD Medivision Digital Signage. 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-2020-36901/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36901/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36901
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36901
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36901

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36901/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.