CVE-2020-4072
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 Medium 5.3
Description
In generator-jhipster-kotlin version 1.6.0 log entries are created for invalid password reset attempts. As the email is provided by a user and the api is public this can be used by an attacker to forge log entries. This is vulnerable to https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/117.html This problem affects only application generated with jwt or session authentication. Applications using oauth are not vulnerable. This issue has been fixed in version 1.7.0.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2020-4072
- Assigner
- security-advisories@github.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2020-06-25T20:15:11
- Last Modified Date
- 2020-07-10T21:20:34
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:jhipster:generator-jhipster-kotlin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 1.7.0 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 5.3
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 1.4
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/security/advisories/GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjc | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/commit/426ccab85e7e0da562643200637b99b6a2a99449 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Log_Injection | Technical Description |
| https://www.baeldung.com/jvm-log-forging | Technical Description |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4072 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-4072 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 16:41:05 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-04 18:44:58 | 2020-06-25T20:15Z | 2020-06-25T20:15:11 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-04 18:44:58 | 2020-07-10T21:20:34 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-04 18:44:58 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |