CVE-2020-36283

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

HID OMNIKEY 5427 and OMNIKEY 5127 readers are vulnerable to CSRF when using the EEM driver (Ethernet Emulation Mode). By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP request to upload a configuration file to the device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.

Affected products

Hidglobal Omnikey 5127 Firmware: all versions
Hidglobal Omnikey 5427 Firmware: all versions

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198443
https://www.hidglobal.com/sites/default/files/resource_files/hid-psa-2020-01-omnikey-csrf-security-advisory-paper.pdf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198443
https://www.hidglobal.com/sites/default/files/resource_files/hid-psa-2020-01-omnikey-csrf-security-advisory-paper.pdf

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