CVE-2022-47895 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Severity

75%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

60%

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.3.1 the "Validate JSP File" action used the HTTP protocol to download required JAR files.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Demo Examples

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CWE-319

The following code attempts to establish a connection to a site to communicate sensitive information.


               
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                           //...

Though a connection is successfully made, the connection is unencrypted and it is possible that all sensitive data sent to or received from the server will be read by unintended actors.

Overview

First reported 2 years ago

2022-12-22 11:15:00

Last updated 2 years ago

2022-12-29 16:26:00

Affected Software

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA

References

https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/

https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/

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