CVE-2020-28923
Data Amplification in Play Framework
2.7
LOW
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.18%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-28923
To remediate CVE-2020-28923, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.8.5 or later
Is CVE-2020-28923 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | LOW2.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |