CVE-2020-4072
As the email is provided by a user and the api is public this can be used by an attacker to forge log entries.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.21% probability · 67th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-117
- Affected
- jhipster/generator-jhipster-kotlin
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/commit/426ccab85e7e0da562643200637b99b6a2a99449Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/security/advisories/GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjcThird Party Advisory
- https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Log_InjectionTechnical Description
- https://www.baeldung.com/jvm-log-forgingTechnical Description
- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/commit/426ccab85e7e0da562643200637b99b6a2a99449Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/security/advisories/GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjcThird Party Advisory
- https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Log_InjectionTechnical Description
- https://www.baeldung.com/jvm-log-forgingTechnical Description
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.