CVE-2020-4072

Log Forging in generator-jhipster-kotlin

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

En generator-jhipster-kotlin versión 1.6.0, son creadas entradas de registro para intentos de restablecimiento de contraseña no válidos. Como el correo electrónico lo proporciona un usuario y la API es pública, un atacante puede usarla para falsificar entradas de registro. Esto es vulnerable para https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/117.html. Este problema afecta solo a las aplicaciones generadas con jwt o autenticación de sesión. Las aplicaciones que usan oauth no son vulnerables. Este problema ha sido corregido en la versión 1.7.0

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-12-30 CVE Reserved
2020-06-25 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-117: Improper Output Neutralization for Logs

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/security/advisories/GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjc	Third Party Advisory
https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Log_Injection	Technical Description
https://www.baeldung.com/jvm-log-forging	Technical Description

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/commit/426ccab85e7e0da562643200637b99b6a2a99449	2020-07-10

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Jhipster Search vendor "Jhipster"		Generator-jhipster-kotlin Search vendor "Jhipster" for product "Generator-jhipster-kotlin"				< 1.7.0 Search vendor "Jhipster" for product "Generator-jhipster-kotlin" and version " < 1.7.0"		-		Affected