CVE-2020-11976
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 11, 2020 at 06:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:51 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWicketFortress
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 7.17.08.0.0 ≤ v < 8.9.07.16.08.8.09.0.0 milestone19.0.0 milestone29.0.0 milestone39.0.0 milestone49.0.0 milestone59.0.0-M5
Affected range stops below 7.17.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.9.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r05340178680eb6b9d4d40d56b5621dd4ae9715e6f41f12ae2288ec49%40%3Cdev.directory.apache.org%3Ex_refsource_MISCMailing ListRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r104eeefeb1e9da51f7ef79cef0f9ff12e21ef8559b77801e86b21e16%40%3Cusers.wicket.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r982c626dbce5c995223c4a6ddd7685de3592f8d65ba8372da1f3ce19%40%3Cdev.directory.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0f36b83cc9f28b016ec552f023fb5a59a9ea8db56f2b9dcc6a2f6b7%40%3Ccommits.directory.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd26cae6e30b205e09e4b511d3d962d4f677c0c604f737997ce1b2f22%40%3Cdev.directory.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdec0a43afdca59c10416889e07267f3d2fdf4ab929a6e22a2659b6ff%40%3Cdev.directory.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re4af65851bf69605cfb68be215eba36d4cdc1a90b95fbc894799d923%40%3Cdev.directory.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb7ea8141c713b5b19eaf34c00f43aaebf5a1c116130f763c42bdad1%40%3Cdev.directory.apache.org%3ECVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-552
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