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CVE-2020-4072
Log Forging in generator-jhipster-kotlin
Medium5.3EPSS 1.2%
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- Updated
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- GitHub_M
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected = 1.6.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmgenerator-jhipster-kotlinGHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjc (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/security/advisories/GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Log_Injection (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.baeldung.com/jvm-log-forging (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/commit/426ccab85e7e0da562643200637b99b6a2a99449 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-pfxf-wh96-fvjc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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