XSS in Eclipse Hawkbit

CVE-2020-27219

In all version of Eclipse Hawkbit prior to 0.3.0M7, the HTTP 404 (Not Found) JSON response body returned by the REST API may contain unsafe characters within the path attribute. Sending a POST request to a non existing resource will return the full path from the given URL unescaped to the client.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-27219?
CVE-2020-27219 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Hawkbit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-27219?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-27219 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.