Insecure Direct Object Reference in GateManager WebUI can cause privilege escalation

published 2021-02-15 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-21413

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits: 0; none known

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

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Secomea GateManager 9.2c

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Exploit prediction

0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Secomea GateManager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

secomea.com /support/cybersecurity-advisory/#2920
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-29031
NVD CVE-2020-29031

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