CVE-2020-5280 is a local file inclusion vulnerability affecting typelevel http4s versions prior to 0.18.26, 0.20.20, and 0.21.2, specifically impacting users of FileService, ResourceService, and WebjarService due to incorrect URI normalization. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to access resources outside of configured locations with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.18.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:typelevel:http4s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.19.0, < 0.20.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:typelevel:http4s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.21.0, < 0.21.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:typelevel:http4s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
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