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CVE-2020-12480

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-08-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

In Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.1, the CSRF filter can be bypassed by making CORS simple requests with content types that contain parameters that can't be parsed.

Affected products

• playframework: from 2.6.0 through 2.6.25; from 2.7.0 through 2.7.4; from 2.8.0 through 2.8.1

References

• https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability
• https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12480-CsrfBlacklistBypass
• https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability
• https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12480-CsrfBlacklistBypass

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