Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') Affecting generator-jhipster-entity-audit package, versions <5.9.1
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- published16 Apr 2025
- disclosed4 Apr 2025
- creditOmarHawk
Introduced: 4 Apr 2025
NewCVE-2025-31119 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade generator-jhipster-entity-audit to version 5.9.1 or higher.
Overview
generator-jhipster-entity-audit is a JHipster module to enable entity audit and audit log page
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') via the entityType and qualifiedName parameters in REST endpoints. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by passing malicious class names that lead to unintended class loading.
Note:
This is only exploitable if the attacker manages to place some malicious classes into the classpath and also has access to these REST interface for calling the mentioned REST endpoints.