Improper Authorization Affecting com.yahoo.elide:elide-core package, versions [,4.5.14)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-COMYAHOOELIDE-561583
  • published30 Mar 2020
  • disclosed30 Mar 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-5289  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade com.yahoo.elide:elide-core to version 4.5.14 or higher.

Overview

com.yahoo.elide:elide-core is a library that lets you stand up a GraphQL/JSON-API web service with minimal effort.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authorization. An adversary can "guess and check" the value of a model field they do not have access to assuming they can read at least one other field in the model.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1