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Improper Input Validation in commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient

CVE-2020-13956

  • commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient
  • org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5
  • org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient
Medium
5.3/10

Summary

Apache HttpClient can misinterpret malformed authority component in request URIs passed to the library as java.net.URI object and pick the wrong target host for request execution. This issue affects Apache HttpClient versions prior to 4.5.13 and 5.0-alpha1 prior to 5.0.3.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published