# CVE-2020-4072: Log Forging in generator-jhipster-kotlin

- Also known as: GHSA-PFXF-WH96-FVJC
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.7.0
- Published: 2020-06-25 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- jhipster jhipster-kotlin: 1.6.0
- generator-jhipster-kotlin (npm): from 1.6.0, fixed in 1.7.0

## Description

In generator-jhipster-kotlin version 1.6.0 log entries are created for invalid password reset attempts. As the email is provided by a user and the api is public this can be used by an attacker to forge log entries. This is vulnerable to https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/117.html This problem affects only application generated with jwt or session authentication. Applications using oauth are not vulnerable. This issue has been fixed in version 1.7.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on jhipster jhipster-kotlin, generator-jhipster-kotlin, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/security/advisories/GHSA-pfxf-wh96-fvjc
- https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Log_Injection
- https://www.baeldung.com/jvm-log-forging
- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/commit/426ccab85e7e0da562643200637b99b6a2a99449

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