CVE-2020-5245
moderate-risk
Published 2020-02-24
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.
Do I need to act?
~
6.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate 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
7
CVSS 7.9/10
High
NETWORK
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (2)
Dropwizard Validation
Affected Vendors
References (16)
Third Party Advisory
https://beanvalidation.org/2.0/spec/#validationapi-message-defaultmessageinterpo...
Third Party Advisory
https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/validator/6.1/reference/en-US/html_single/#sect...
Third Party Advisory
https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/tutorial/jsf-el.htm
Third Party Advisory
https://beanvalidation.org/2.0/spec/#validationapi-message-defaultmessageinterpo...
Third Party Advisory
https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/validator/6.1/reference/en-US/html_single/#sect...
Third Party Advisory
https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/tutorial/jsf-el.htm
40
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
9/34 · Low
Exposure
7/34 · Low