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CSRF in Play Framework

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 18, 2020 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

maven com.typesafe.play:play_2.12 (Maven)

Affected versions

< 2.7.5
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.2

Patched versions

2.7.5
2.8.2

Description

In Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.1, the CSRF filter can be bypassed by making CORS simple requests with content types that contain parameters that can't be parsed.

References

Reviewed Aug 18, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 18, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

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

EPSS score

0.053%
(22nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-12480

GHSA ID

GHSA-cf8j-64h9-6q58
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