CVE-2020-28452 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) bypass vulnerability affecting specific versions of the softwaremill akka_http_session package. An attacker can circumvent CSRF protection by crafting a request where the X-XSRF-TOKEN header and XSRF-TOKEN cookie values are identical and non-empty. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:softwaremill:akka-http-session:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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