CVE-2020-17514
disabled hostname verificiation
HIGH
7.4
CVSS Score
Published: May 27, 2021 at 12:10 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:59 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFineract
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Severity
HIGH7.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Apache Fineract prior to 1.5.0 disables HTTPS hostname verification in ProcessorHelper in the configureClient method. Under typical deployments, a man in the middle attack could be successful.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/27/2x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-1211Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc011b25289c8a6e14f8bc6d07e727382a1df3c8cf2aa5369598bbf64%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3ECVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
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