Vulnerability · Published May 17, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-13128
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 23.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Manolo GWTUpload 1.0.3. server/UploadServlet.java (the servlet for handling file upload) accepts a delay parameter that causes a thread to sleep. It can be abused to cause all of a server's threads to sleep, leading to denial of service.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/manolo/gwtupload/issues/33 x_refsource_MISC
- https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2020/02/gwt-upload.html x_refsource_MISC