CVE-2019-16303 — A class generated by the Generator in JHipster before 6

A class generated by the Generator in JHipster before 6.3.0 and JHipster Kotlin through 1.1.0 produces code that uses an insecure source of randomness (apache.commons.lang3 RandomStringUtils). This allows an attacker (if able to obtain their own password reset URL) to compute the

01What is this vulnerability?

A class generated by the Generator in JHipster before 6.3.0 and JHipster Kotlin through 1.1.0 produces code that uses an insecure source of randomness (apache.commons.lang3 RandomStringUtils). This allows an attacker (if able to obtain their own password reset URL) to compute the value for all other password resets for other accounts, thus allowing privilege escalation or account takeover.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-09-13T23:43:41.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T01:10:41.654Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/security/advisories/GHSA-mwp6-j9w…
• github.com — https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/issues/10401
• github.com — https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/commit/88448b85fd3e8e49df103f0061…
• github.com — https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/issues/183
• www.jhipster.tech — https://www.jhipster.tech/2019/09/13/jhipster-release-6.3.0.html
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d243e7e3f25daeb242dacf3def411fba32a9388d3…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc87fa35a48b5d70b06af6fb81785ed82e82686eb83…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc3f00f5d3d2ec0e2381a3b9096d5f5b4d46ec1587e…