CVE-2020-28923

low-risk
Published 2020-12-03

An issue was discovered in Play Framework 2.8.0 through 2.8.4. Carefully crafted JSON payloads sent as a form field lead to Data Amplification. This affects users migrating from a Play version prior to 2.8.0 that used the Play Java API to serialize classes with protected or private fields to JSON.

Do I need to act?

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0.18% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 2.7/10 Low
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Play Framework

Affected Vendors

20
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low-risk
Severity 14/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal