Serviio PRO 1.8 Unauthenticated Password Change via REST API
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
Serviio PRO 1.8 contains an improper access control vulnerability in the Configuration REST API that allows unauthenticated attackers to change the mediabrowser login password. Attackers can send specially crafted requests to the REST API endpoints to modify credentials without authentication.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-20220
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-92xm-h2vg-5w9x
References
More Serviio vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-14283 Serviio PRO 1.8 REST API Information Disclosure CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2017-14284 Serviio PRO 1.8 Local Privilege Escalation via Unquoted Path CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2017-14285 Serviio PRO 1.8 DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting via mediabrowser CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
- TI-2025-24261 Serviio Media Server Unauthenticated Command Injection via checkStreamUrl VIDEO Parameter CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2017-20220 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-20220 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-92xm-h2vg-5w9x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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