CVE-2020-13936
velocity - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 22.7%
Description
An attacker that is able to modify Velocity templates may execute arbitrary Java code or run arbitrary system commands with the same privileges as the account running the Servlet container. This applies to applications that allow untrusted users to upload/modify velocity templates running Apache Velocity Engine versions up to 2.2.
How to fix CVE-2020-13936
To remediate CVE-2020-13936, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.7-6 or later
- —upgrade to 1.7-5+deb9u1 or later
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 2.3 or later
Is CVE-2020-13936 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 22.7%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1.7-6
- from 0, < 1.7-5+deb9u1
- from 0, <= 1.7
- from 0, < 2.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |