CVE-2020-28923: Serializable Class Containing Sensitive Data

December 3, 2020 (updated December 7, 2020)

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

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28923
www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability

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