CVE-2020-11976

Fortress vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

3.8%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

By crafting a special URL it is possible to make Wicket deliver unprocessed HTML templates. This would allow an attacker to see possibly sensitive information inside a HTML template that is usually removed during rendering. Affected are Apache Wicket versions 7.16.0, 8.8.0 and 9.0.0-M5

Affected vendor

Apache

Affected product

Fortress

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-552 — Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

Published

2020-08-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-11976

Confirm whether Apache Fortress is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-11976.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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