Sony BRAVIA Digital Signage up to 1.7.8 URL Parameter inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sony BRAVIA Digital Signage up to 1.7.8 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component URL Parameter Handler. The manipulation leads to inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-36924. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Sony BRAVIA Digital Signage up to 1.7.8. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component URL Parameter Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-829. The product imports, requires, or includes executable functionality (such as a library) from a source that is outside of the intended control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Sony BRAVIA Digital Signage 1.7.8 contains a remote file inclusion vulnerability that allows attackers to inject arbitrary client-side scripts through the content material URL parameter. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to hijack user sessions, execute cross-site scripting code, and modify display content by manipulating the input material type.

The weakness was presented by Gjoko Krstic as 49186. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-36924 since 01/03/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/26/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Digital Media Player

Vendor

• Sony

Name

• BRAVIA Digital Signage

Version

• 1.7.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2
• 1.7.3
• 1.7.4
• 1.7.5
• 1.7.6
• 1.7.7
• 1.7.8

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• commercial

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