CVE-2020-29031: Insecure Direct Object Reference in GateManager WebUI can cause privilege escalation

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-02-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-280

Description

An Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability exists in the web UI of the GateManager which allows an authenticated attacker to reset the password of any user in its domain or any sub-domain, via escalation of privileges. This issue affects all GateManager versions prior to 9.2c

Affected products

Secomea Gatemanager 4250 Firmware: before 9.0i — fixed in 9.0i
Secomea Gatemanager 4260 Firmware: before 9.0i — fixed in 9.0i
Secomea GateManager all versions prior to 9.2c: before 9.2c — fixed in 9.2c
Secomea Gatemanager 9250 Firmware: before 9.0i — fixed in 9.0i

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Secomea Gatemanager 4250 Firmware 9.0i; Secomea Gatemanager 4260 Firmware 9.0i; Secomea GateManager all versions prior to 9.2c 9.2c; Secomea Gatemanager 9250 Firmware 9.0i. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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