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Cross-site scripting in Apache HttpClient

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 3, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient (Maven)

Affected versions

< 4.5.13
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.3

Patched versions

4.5.13
5.0.3

Description

Apache HttpClient versions prior to version 4.5.13 and 5.0.3 can misinterpret malformed authority component in request URIs passed to the library as java.net.URI object and pick the wrong target host for request execution.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 2, 2020
Reviewed Apr 12, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 3, 2021
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-13956

GHSA ID

GHSA-7r82-7xv7-xcpj

Source code

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