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CVE-2020-4072

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-4072 affects generator-jhipster-kotlin versions prior to 1.7.0, specifically applications using JWT or session authentication. It involves log entries being created for invalid password reset attempts, allowing an attacker to forge log entries by providing user-controlled email addresses. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, but with no impact on confidentiality, integrity, or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jhipster:generator-jhipster-kotlin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0121 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: generator-jhipster-kotlinFixed in: 1.7.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjcmedium

Log Forging in generator-jhipster-kotlin

Jun 25, 2020

References

github.com / jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/commit/426ccab85e7e0da562643200637b99b6a2a99449
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/security/advisories/GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjc
Third Party Advisory
owasp.org / www-community/attacks/Log_Injection
Technical Description
baeldung.com / jvm-log-forging
Technical Description