CVE-2020-4072

Summary

CVECVE-2020-4072
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-25 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-07-10 21:20:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-117

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Jhipster Generator-jhipster-kotlin All All All All
Application Jhipster Generator-jhipster-kotlin All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
prevent log forging when doing password reset init request · jhipster/jhipster-kotlin@426ccab · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Log Injection Software Attack | OWASP Foundation MISC owasp.org Technical Description
Log Forging Vulnerability · Advisory · jhipster/jhipster-kotlin · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
JVM Log Forging | Baeldung MISC www.baeldung.com Technical Description
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 983181 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for generator-jhipster-kotlin (GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjc)

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