Vulnerability Details CVE-2020-4072
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 53.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.3
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/commit/426ccab85e7e0da562643200637b99b6a2a99449
- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/security/advisories/GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjc
- https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Log_Injection
- https://www.baeldung.com/jvm-log-forging
- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/commit/426ccab85e7e0da562643200637b99b6a2a99449
- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/security/advisories/GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjc
- https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Log_Injection
- https://www.baeldung.com/jvm-log-forging
Products affected by CVE-2020-4072
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cpe:2.3:a:jhipster:generator-jhipster-kotlin:1.6.0