Apache Fineract prior to 1.5.0 disables HTTPS hostname verification in ProcessorHelper in the configureClient method. Under typical deployments, a man in the middle attack could be successful.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-17514
Reference (s):
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-1211
- URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-1211
- MLIST:[fineract-dev] 20210527 Re: Release 1.5.0 fixed security issue CVE-2020-17514
- URL: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc011b25289c8a6e14f8bc6d07e727382a1df3c8cf2aa5369598bbf64@%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E
- MLIST:[oss-security] 20210527 CVE-2020-17514: Apache Fineract: Disabled hostname verification for HTTPS