CVE-2020-5245 HIGH

CVE-2020-5245: Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in dropwizard-validation

Vendor Dropwizard
Product dropwizard-validation
Weakness CWE-74
Published February 24, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Dropwizard-Validation before 1.3.19, and 2.0.2 may allow arbitrary code execution on the host system, with the privileges of the Dropwizard service account, by injecting arbitrary Java Expression Language expressions when using the self-validating feature. The issue has been fixed in dropwizard-validation 1.3.19 and 2.0.2.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 24, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated