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CVE-2020-11679

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

Castel NextGen DVR v1.0.0 is vulnerable to privilege escalation through the Adminstrator/Users/Edit/:UserId functionality. Adminstrator/Users/Edit/:UserId fails to check that the request was submitted by an Administrator. This allows a normal user to escalate their privileges by adding additional roles to their account.

Affected products

• Castel Nextgen Dvr Firmware: 1.0.0

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157954/Castel-NextGen-DVR-1.0.0-Bypass-CSRF-Disclosure.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jun/8
• https://www.securitymetrics.com/blog/attackers-known-unknown-authorization-bypass
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157954/Castel-NextGen-DVR-1.0.0-Bypass-CSRF-Disclosure.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jun/8
• https://www.securitymetrics.com/blog/attackers-known-unknown-authorization-bypass

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