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CVE-2020-11989
Apache Shiro before 1.5.3, when using Apache Shiro with Spring dynamic controllers, a specially crafted request may cause an…
Critical9.8EPSS 24.4%
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Description
Apache Shiro before 1.5.3, when using Apache Shiro with Spring dynamic controllers, a specially crafted request may cause an authentication bypass.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 24.4% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Shiro
- affected Apache Shiro 1.5.2 - 1.5.3
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.shiro:shiro-coreGHSA-72w9-fcj5-3fcg (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r72815a124a119c450b86189767d06848e0d380b1795c6c511d54a675%40%3Cuser.shiro.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCmailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [shiro-dev] 20200622 [Announce] CVE-2020-11989: Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [shiro-commits] 20200622 svn commit: r1879089 - /shiro/site/publish/security-reports.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [shiro-commits] 20200622 svn commit: r1879088 - /shiro/site/publish/security-reports.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [geode-dev] 20200630 Re: Proposal to bring GEODE-8315 (shiro upgrade) to support branches (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [geode-dev] 20200630 Proposal to bring GEODE-8315 (shiro upgrade) to support branches (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [shiro-commits] 20200817 svn commit: r1880941 - /shiro/site/publish/security-reports.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-72w9-fcj5-3fcg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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