Medium

Unauthorized property update in CheckboxGroup component in Vaadin 12-14 and 15-20

  • Disclosed: 30.08.2021
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

Improper check in CheckboxGroup in com.vaadin:vaadin-checkbox-flow versions 1.2.0 prior to 2.0.0 (Vaadin 12.0.0 prior to 14.0.0), 2.0.0 prior to 3.0.0 (Vaadin 14.0.0 prior to 14.5.0), 3.0.0 through 4.0.1 (Vaadin 15.0.0 through 17.0.11), 14.5.0 through 14.6.7 (Vaadin 14.5.0 through 14.6.7), and 18.0.0 through 20.0.5 (Vaadin 18.0.0 through 20.0.5) allows attackers to modify the value of a disabled Checkbox inside enabled CheckboxGroup component via unspecified vectors.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) com.vaadin:vaadin-bom >= 12.0.0, < 14.6.8, >= 15.0.0, < 20.0.6 14.6.8, 20.0.6

References

CVSS score 4.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
-
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
com.vaadin:vaadin-bom
Disclosed
30.08.2021
Updated
11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-hw7r-qrhp-5pff - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: com.vaadin:vaadin-bom

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (18) in the archive
Total entries
18
First → latest
04.2021 11.2021
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 5
  • Medium 10
  • Low 3

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 18
  2. 2022: 0
  3. 2023: 0
  4. 2024: 0
  5. 2025: 0
  6. 2026: 0
Severity:
  1. Unauthorized property update in CheckboxGroup component in Vaadin 12-14 and 15-20 this entry
    Medium · 4.3 ghsa-hw7r-qrhp-5pff >= 12.0.0, < 14.6.8, >= 15.0.0, < 20.0.6 14.6.8, 20.0.6
  2. High · 6.3 CVE-2021-31411 >= 14.0.3, < 14.5.3, >= 15.0.0, < 19.0.5 14.5.3, 19.0.5
  3. High · 7.5 CVE-2020-36320 >= 7.0.0.beta1, < 7.7.22 7.7.22
  4. High · 7.5 CVE-2021-31405 >= 14.0.6, < 14.4.4, >= 15.0.0, < 17.0.11 14.4.4, 17.0.11
  5. High · 8.6 ghsa-j9wr-49vq-rm5g >= 12.0.0, < 14.4.10, >= 19.0.0, < 19.0.1 14.4.10, 19.0.1

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