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TI-2020-09371 Aliases CVE-2020-11679GHSA-7j5q-g763-3rgh

Castel NextGen DVR v1.0.0 is vulnerable to privilege escalation through the…

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

Castel NextGen DVR v1.0.0 is vulnerable to privilege escalation through the Adminstrator/Users/Edit/:UserId functionality. Adminstrator/Users/Edit/:UserId fails to check that the request was submitted by an Administrator. This allows a normal user to escalate their privileges by adding additional roles to their account.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02018 81st percentileScored 2026-11-08
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:castel:nextgen_dvr_firmware:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0VulnerableCastel
cpe:2.3:h:castel:nextgen_dvr:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onCastel
  • cpe:2.3:o:castel:nextgen_dvr_firmware:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 Vulnerable ·Castel
  • cpe:2.3:h:castel:nextgen_dvr:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Castel

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-11679
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7j5q-g763-3rgh

References

Exploit 3

  • TI-2020-09373 Castel NextGen DVR v1.0.0 stores and displays credentials for the associated SMTP server… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2020-09372 Castel NextGen DVR v1.0.0 is vulnerable to authorization bypass on all administrator… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2020-09374 Castel NextGen DVR v1.0.0 is vulnerable to CSRF in all state-changing request. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

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