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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-13942

It is possible to inject malicious OGNL or MVEL scripts into the /context.json public endpoint. This was partially fixed in 1.5.1 but a new attack vector was found. In Apache Unomi version 1.5.2 scripts are now completely filtered from the input. It is highly recommended to upgrade to the latest available version of the 1.5.x release to fix this problem.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:13 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-13942

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Nov 2020, 18:15 UTC

It is possible to inject malicious OGNL or MVEL scripts into the /context.json public endpoint. This was partially fixed in 1.5.1 but a new attack vector was found. In Apache Unomi version 1.5.2 scripts are now completely filtered from the input. It is highly recommended to upgrade to the latest available version of the 1.5.x release to fix this problem.

osv:CVE-2020-13942
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13942",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-13942",
    "summary": "It is possible to inject malicious OGNL or MVEL scripts into the /context.json public endpoint. This was partially fixed in 1.5.1 but a new attack vector was found. In Apache Unomi version 1.5.2 scripts are now completely filtered from the input. It is highly recommended to upgrade to the latest available version of the 1.5.x release to fix this problem.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-13942",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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        }
      ],
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                },
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:50.427014210Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r08a4057ff7196b8880117edaa4b6207cbd36ed692d8dd1f5a56b4d0f%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a8fa91836687eaca42b5420a778ca8c8fd3a3740e4cf4401acc9118%40%3Cdev.unomi.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a8fa91836687eaca42b5420a778ca8c8fd3a3740e4cf4401acc9118%40%3Cusers.unomi.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r79672c25e0ef9bb4b9148376281200a8e61c6d5ef5bb705e9a363460%40%3Ccommits.unomi.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcb6d2eafcf15def433aaddfa06738e5faa5060cef2647769e178999a%40%3Cdev.unomi.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcb6d2eafcf15def433aaddfa06738e5faa5060cef2647769e178999a%40%3Cusers.unomi.apache.org%3E",
        "https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4284"
      ],
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437243,
  "published_at": "2020-11-24T18:15:11.91+00:00"
}