Security Bypass Affecting com.typesafe.play:play_2.12 package, versions [2.6.0-M1,2.7.5) [2.8.0-M1,2.8.2)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 0.05% (21st percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-COMTYPESAFEPLAY-598890
  • published 19 Aug 2020
  • disclosed 18 Aug 2020
  • credit Kevin Joensen (Doyensec)

How to fix?

Upgrade com.typesafe.play:play_2.12 to version 2.7.5, 2.8.2 or higher.

Overview

com.typesafe.play:play_2.12 is a library for building scalable web applications with Java and Scala.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Security Bypass. In some situations, Play’s contentType.blackList for Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection could be bypassed by sending a malformed Content-Type.