Authentication Bypass Affecting org.apache.shiro:shiro-web package, versions [,1.6.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHESHIRO-598867
  • published 19 Aug 2020
  • disclosed 18 Aug 2020
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.shiro:shiro-web to version 1.6.0 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.shiro:shiro-web is a powerful and easy-to-use Java security framework that performs authentication, authorization, cryptography, and session management.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via a specially crafted HTTP request.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.4 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

7.5 high
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Red Hat

7.5 high