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Serialization vulnerability in Apache Tapestry

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 9, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.tapestry:tapestry-project (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 4.0, < 5.0.1

Patched versions

5.0.1

Description

A Java Serialization vulnerability was found in Apache Tapestry 4. Apache Tapestry 4 will attempt to deserialize the "sp" parameter even before invoking the page's validate method, leading to deserialization without authentication. Apache Tapestry 4 reached end of life in 2008 and no update to address this issue will be released. Apache Tapestry 5 versions are not vulnerable to this issue. Users of Apache Tapestry 4 should upgrade to the latest Apache Tapestry 5 version.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 8, 2020
Reviewed Apr 9, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 9, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

1.067%
(85th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-17531

GHSA ID

GHSA-c566-2grg-mjwg

Source code

No known source code
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