Is CVE-2020-4072 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-4072 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-4072?

CVE-2020-4072 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-4072?

CVE-2020-4072 has an EPSS score of 1.21% (65th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4072?

Upgrade generator-jhipster-kotlin to 1.7.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-4072

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-117

How to fix

Remediation Available

generator-jhipster-kotlinNVD

Affected:< 1.7.0Fixed in:1.7.0CVE-2020-4072derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

65thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 65% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

Technical Description2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2021-43410	Medium	5.3	2.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-32549	Medium	5.3	2.3%	-	-
CVE-2019-14864	Medium	6.5	1.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-42250	Medium	6.5	1.8%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-47083	High	7.5	1.6%	-	-
CVE-2020-25646	High	7.5	1.4%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.