# CVE-2020-10560: An issue was discovered in Open Source Social Network (OSSN) through 5.3.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2020-03-30 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Open Source Social Network (OSSN) through 5.3. A user-controlled file path with a weak cryptographic rand() can be used to read any file with the permissions of the webserver. This can lead to further compromise. The attacker must conduct a brute-force attack against the SiteKey to insert into a crafted URL for components/OssnComments/ossn_com.php and/or libraries/ossn.lib.upgrade.php.

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## References

- https://techanarchy.net/blog/cve-2020-10560-ossn-arbitrary-file-read
- https://github.com/LucidUnicorn/CVE-2020-10560-Key-Recovery
- https://github.com/alex-seymour/CVE-2020-10560-Key-Recovery
- https://github.com/kevthehermit/CVE-2020-10560

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