CVE-2020-4072

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
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1.21% (68th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
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cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In generator-jhipster-kotlin version 1.6.0 log entries are created for invalid password reset attempts. As the email is provided by a user and the api is public this can be used by an attacker to forge log entries. This is vulnerable to https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/117.html This problem affects only application generated with jwt or session authentication. Applications using oauth are not vulnerable. This issue has been fixed in version 1.7.0.

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v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9
v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4
v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4
v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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  • GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjcLog Forging in generator-jhipster-kotlin2020-06-25ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact We log the mail for invalid password reset attempts. As the email is provided by a user and the api is public this can be used by an attacker to forge log entries. This is vulnerable to https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/117.html This problem affects only application generated with jwt or session authentication. Applications using oauth are not vulnerable. ### Patches version 1.7.0. ### Workarounds In `AccountResource.kt` you should change the line ```kotlin log.warn("Password reset requested for non existing mail '$mail'"); ``` to ```kotlin log.warn("Password reset requested for non existing mail"); ``` ### References * https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/117.html * https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Log_Injection * https://www.baeldung.com/jvm-log-forging ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [jhipster kotlin](https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin)

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published 2020-06-25modified 2026-06-17
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