CVE-2020-13936 (High) detected in velocity-1.7.jar

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CVE-2020-13936 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - velocity-1.7.jar

Apache Velocity is a general purpose template engine.

Library home page: http://velocity.apache.org/engine/devel/

Path to dependency file: /Source/bw6-maven-plugin/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/apache/velocity/velocity/1.7/velocity-1.7.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• maven-reporting-impl-3.0.0.jar (Root Library)
  • doxia-site-renderer-1.7.4.jar
    • ❌ velocity-1.7.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 4d279939679b1227e061ae92cc6c0d7c9250eb08

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

An attacker that is able to modify Velocity templates may execute arbitrary Java code or run arbitrary system commands with the same privileges as the account running the Servlet container. This applies to applications that allow untrusted users to upload/modify velocity templates running Apache Velocity Engine versions up to 2.2.

Publish Date: 2021-03-10

URL: CVE-2020-13936

CVSS 3 Score Details (8.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2021-03-10

Fix Resolution: org.apache.velocity:velocity-engine-core:2.3