CVE-2020-5245

Public Exploit
Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in dropwizard-validation

Description

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.

Category

7.9
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.34% Top 15%
Third-Party Advisory beanvalidation.org Third-Party Advisory jboss.org Third-Party Advisory oracle.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com
Affected: dropwizard dropwizard-validation
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/security/advisories/GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf third party advisory exploit
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3157 third party advisory patch
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3160 third party advisory patch
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/commit/28479f743a9d0aab6d0e963fc07f3dd98e8c8236
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/commit/d87d1e4f8e20f6494c0232bf8560c961b46db634 third party advisory patch
https://beanvalidation.org/2.0/spec/#validationapi-message-defaultmessageinterpolation third party advisory
https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/validator/6.1/reference/en-US/html_single/#section-interpolation-with-message-expressions third party advisory
https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/tutorial/jsf-el.htm third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-5245?
CVE-2020-5245 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-5245?
To fix CVE-2020-5245, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-5245 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-5245 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2020-5245?
CVE-2020-5245 affects dropwizard dropwizard-validation.
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