Vulnerability · Published Jan 31, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-7914
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the intellij-community-idea package (Ubuntu). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 2019.2, an XSLT debugger plugin misconfiguration allows arbitrary file read operations over the network. This issue was fixed in 2019.3.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | intellij-community-idea | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7914 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | intellij-community-idea | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7914 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | intellij-community-idea | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7914 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | intellij-community-idea | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7914 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | intellij-community-idea | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7914 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://blog.jetbrains.com x_refsource_MISC
- https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2020/01/24/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q4-2019/ x_refsource_CONFIRM