CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2020-1959
Critical (9.8) in apache syncope. EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.apache.syncope:syncope-core 2.1.6.
A Server-Side Template Injection was identified in Apache Syncope prior to 2.1.6 enabling attackers to inject arbitrary Java EL expressions, leading to an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability. Apache Syncope uses Java Bean Validation (JSR 380) custom constraint validators. When building custom constraint violation error messages, they support different types of interpolation, including Java EL expressions. Therefore, if an attacker can inject arbitrary data in the error message template being passed, they will be able to run arbitrary Java code.
Severity
- EPSS
- 5.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-917
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apache:syncope
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-vjqw-r3ww-wj2w | Maven | org.apache.syncope:syncope-core | <2.1.6 | 2.1.6 |