CVE-2020-5304
The dashboard in WhiteSource Application Vulnerability Management (AVM) before version 20.4.1...
The dashboard in WhiteSource Application Vulnerability Management (AVM) before version 20.4.1 allows Log Injection via a %0A%0D substring in the idp parameter to the /saml/login URI. This closes the current log and creates a new log with one line of data. The attacker can also insert malicious data and false entries.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The dashboard in WhiteSource Application Vulnerability Management (AVM) before version 20.4.1 allows Log Injection via a %0A%0D substring in the idp parameter to the /saml/login URI. This closes the current log and creates a new log with one line of data. The attacker can also insert malicious data and false entries.
- Record
CVE-2020-5304- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-116
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The dashboard in WhiteSource Application Vulnerability Management (AVM) before version 20.4.1 allows Log Injection via a %0A%0D substring in the idp parameter to the /saml/login URI. This closes the current log and creates a new log with one line of data. The attacker can also insert malicious data and false entries.
- Record
CVE-2020-5304- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-26490 No score
The dashboard in WhiteSource Application Vulnerability Management (AVM) before version 20.4.1 allows Log Injection via a %0A%0D substring in the idp parameter to the /saml/login URI. This closes the current log and creates a new log with one line of data. The attacker can also insert malicious data and false entries.
- Record
EUVD-2020-26490- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gmq8-5gxx-6r3g No score
The dashboard in WhiteSource Application Vulnerability Management (AVM) before version 20.4.1...
The dashboard in WhiteSource Application Vulnerability Management (AVM) before version 20.4.1 allows Log Injection via a %0A%0D substring in the idp parameter to the /saml/login URI. This closes the current log and creates a new log with one line of data. The attacker can also insert malicious data and false entries.
- Record
GHSA-gmq8-5gxx-6r3g- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-5304 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Whitesourcesoftware Whitesource, published June 8, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.00%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
whitesourcesoftware.com/oss_security_vulnerabilities
medium.com/%40venkatajayaram.yalla/whitesource-log-injection-vulnerability-cve-2020-5304-e543b7943c2b
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5304
github.com/advisories/GHSA-gmq8-5gxx-6r3g