{"cve":"CVE-2020-4072","nvd":{"published":"2020-06-25T20:15:11.350","modified":"2026-06-17T03:19:31.253","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","score":5.3},"cwes":["CWE-117"],"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"],"products":["jhipster:generator-jhipster-kotlin"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:06:22.076270124+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-4072","score":0.01214,"percentile":0.68548,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjc","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjc","summary":"Log Forging in generator-jhipster-kotlin","modified":"2026-07-08T06:29:01.683446013Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"generator-jhipster-kotlin","purl":"pkg:npm/generator-jhipster-kotlin","ranges":[">=1.6.0 <1.7.0"],"fixed":["1.7.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}