CVE-2020-12480 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) bypass vulnerability affecting Play Framework versions 2.6.0 through 2.8.1. An attacker can exploit this by crafting CORS simple requests with unparseable content type parameters. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can lead to high integrity impact (I:H) if successfully exploited, though confidentiality and availability are not affected. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.6.0, <= 2.6.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.7.0, <= 2.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.8.0, <= 2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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