CVE-2020-4072 – Log Forging in generator-jhipster-kotlin

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2020-4072

25 Jun 2020 — 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. • https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/commit/426ccab85e7e0da562643200637b99b6a2a99449 • CWE-117: Improper Output Neutralization for Logs •