Vulnerability in Jhipster
CVE-2019-16303
A class generated by the Generator in JHipster before 6.3.0 and JHipster Kotlin through 1.1.0 produces code that uses an insecure source of randomness (apache.commons.lang3 RandomStringUtils). This allows an attacker (if able to obtain their own password reset URL) to compute the value for all other password resets for other accounts, thus allowing privilege escalation or account takeover.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.037 (89.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.037 · newest: 0.037 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/security/advisories/GHSA-mwp6-j9wf-968c (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/issues/10401 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/commit/88448b85fd3e8e49df103f0061359037c… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/issues/183 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.jhipster.tech/2019/09/13/jhipster-release-6.3.0.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d243e7e3f25daeb242dacf3def411fba32a9388d3ff84918… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc87fa35a48b5d70b06af6fb81785ed82e82686eb83307aae6… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc3f00f5d3d2ec0e2381a3b9096d5f5b4d46ec1587ee7e251a… (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-16303?
- CVE-2019-16303 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jhipster, classified under Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-14.
- How severe is CVE-2019-16303?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-16303 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.