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CVE-2020-5245

HIGH · CVSS 7.9 EPSS 3.09% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-02-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.9. It affects Java. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
arbitrary code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2020-5245
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.9
EPSS
3.09%
Java

Original NVD Description

Dropwizard-Validation before 1.3.19, and 2.0.2 may allow arbitrary code execution on the host system, with the privileges of the Dropwizard service account, by injecting arbitrary Java Expression Language expressions when using the self-validating feature. The issue has been fixed in dropwizard-validation 1.3.19 and 2.0.2.

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