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Data Amplification in Play Framework

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 9, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

maven com.typesafe.play:play (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.5

Patched versions

2.8.5

Description

An issue was discovered in Play Framework 2.8.0 through 2.8.4. Carefully crafted JSON payloads sent as a form field lead to Data Amplification. This affects users migrating from a Play version prior to 2.8.0 that used the Play Java API to serialize classes with protected or private fields to JSON.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 3, 2020
Reviewed Apr 9, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 9, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Low
2.7
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-28923

GHSA ID

GHSA-v9mf-jgq3-c28h

Source code

No known source code
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