What is CVE-2020-5304?

CVE-2020-5304 is a high-severity vulnerability in Whitesourcesoftware Whitesource, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-5304?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Whitesourcesoftware Whitesource

CVE-2020-5304

The dashboard in WhiteSource Application Vulnerability Management (AVM) before version 20.4.1 allows Log Injection via a %0A%0D substring in the idp parameter to the /saml/login URI. This closes the current log and creates a new log with one line of data. The attacker can also insert malicious data and false entries.

EPSS: 0.010 (59.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Whitesourcesoftware Whitesource
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5304?: CVE-2020-5304 is a high-severity vulnerability in Whitesourcesoftware Whitesource, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-5304?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.