CVE-2020-28923: Data Amplification in Play Framework

February 9, 2022

An issue was discovered in Play Framework Carefully crafted JSON payloads sent as a form field lead to Data Amplification. This affects users migrating from a Play that used the Play Java API to serialize classes with protected or private fields to JSON.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-v9mf-jgq3-c28h
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28923
www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability
www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-28923-ImproperRemovalofSensitiveInformationBeforeStorageorTransfer

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