Vulnerability in Lightbend Play Framework
CVE-2020-28923
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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 2.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (60.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability (Vendor Advisory)
- www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-28923-ImproperRemovalofSe… (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-28923?
- CVE-2020-28923 is a low-severity vulnerability in Lightbend Play Framework. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2020-12-03.
- How severe is CVE-2020-28923?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.