CVE-2020-7780 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) bypass vulnerability affecting specific versions of the com.softwaremill.akka-http-session:core packages (before 0.5.11 for Scala 2.11, 2.12, and 2.13). An attacker could bypass CSRF protection on endpoints by sending an empty X-XSRF-TOKEN header and an empty XSRF-TOKEN cookie. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating a severe risk with potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.5.11CPE 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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