CVE-2020-5255
Prevent cache poisoning via a Response Content-Type header
02 Description
Prevent cache poisoning via a Response Content-Type header
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 69.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.3 (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:N/I:N/A:L
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-03-30 19:30Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 08:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-01-02
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 2.6)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e9bcf88ff234e03ded8b86030be9d058bfd29fe4ab72c601f0cb55f66ce40418
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-mcx4-f5f5-4859
- github.comhttps://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/dca343442e6a954f96a2609e7b4e9c21ed6d74e6
- symfony.comhttps://symfony.com/blog/cve-2020-5255-prevent-cache-poisoning-via-a-response-content-type-header
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-fade6a8df7https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C36JLPHUPKDFAX6D5WYFC4ALO2K7RDUQ/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- symfony Fixed in 4.4.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- symfony Fixed in 4.4.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- symfony Fixed in 4.4.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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