CVE-2020-1961

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS Score

Published: May 4, 2020 at 12:28 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:02 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorSyncope

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Severity

CRITICAL9.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 5%

Description

Vulnerability to Server-Side Template Injection on Mail templates for Apache Syncope 2.0.X releases prior to 2.0.15, 2.1.X releases prior to 2.1.6, enabling attackers to inject arbitrary JEXL expressions, leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE) was discovered.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Syncope · Apachemaven

95%

v < 2.0.152.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.152.1.0 ≤ v < 2.1.6

Affected range stops below 2.0.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.1.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://syncope.apache.org/security

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://syncope.apache.org/security

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-74

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