# CVE-2020-7038: Avaya Meetings Server Information Disclosure vulnerability

> Unauthenticated remote attackers can access screen sharing and whiteboard sessions in Avaya Meetings Server, exposing sensitive meeting data.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Apr 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5p22-m2jf-cq84

## What is CVE-2020-7038?

CVE-2020-7038 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avaya Meetings Management, published on 28 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was discovered in Management component of Avaya Equinox Conferencing that could potentially allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to screen sharing and whiteboard sessions. The affected versions of Management component of Avaya Equinox Conferencing include all 3.x versions before 3.17. Avaya Equinox Conferencing is now offered as Avaya Meetings Server.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7038?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Avaya Equinox Conferencing.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-7038?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7038 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-7038 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7038 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Avaya Meetings Management

- [CVE-2020-7037](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7037/): Avaya Equinox Conferencing XXE vulnerability (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-7033](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7033/): Avaya Equinox Conferencing XSS (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7038 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-7038 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avaya Meetings Management, published on 28 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7038 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Avaya Meetings Management. 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-2020-7038/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7038/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7038
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7038
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7038

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7038/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.