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CVE-2020-4072: Log Forging in generator-jhipster-kotlin

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-06-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-117

Description

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.

Affected products

• jhipster-kotlin: before 1.7.0 — fixed in 1.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: jhipster-kotlin 1.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/commit/426ccab85e7e0da562643200637b99b6a2a99449
• https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/security/advisories/GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjc
• https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Log_Injection
• https://www.baeldung.com/jvm-log-forging
• https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/commit/426ccab85e7e0da562643200637b99b6a2a99449
• https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/security/advisories/GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjc
• https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Log_Injection
• https://www.baeldung.com/jvm-log-forging

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