CVE-2020-5245

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

3.01% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 86.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-02-24 17:35Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 08:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-01-02

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.9)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

cf338ace4ac34d9c95f8d9949434a84f2bdf1c391e5881ff3099e70b3df6a448

• github.comhttps://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/security/advisories/GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqfx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3157x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3160x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/commit/28479f743a9d0aab6d0e963fc07f3dd98e8c8236x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/commit/d87d1e4f8e20f6494c0232bf8560c961b46db634x_refsource_MISC
• beanvalidation.orghttps://beanvalidation.org/2.0/spec/#validationapi-message-defaultmessageinterpolationx_refsource_MISC
• docs.jboss.orghttps://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/validator/6.1/reference/en-US/html_single/#section-interpolation-with-message-expressionsx_refsource_MISC
• docs.oracle.comhttps://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/tutorial/jsf-el.htmx_refsource_MISC