Description
An issue was discovered in Play Framework 2.8.0 through 2.8.4. Carefully crafted JSON payloads sent as a form field lead to Data Amplification. This affects users migrating from a Play version prior to 2.8.0 that used the Play Java API to serialize classes with protected or private fields to JSON.
Remediation
References
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-28923-ImproperRemovalofSensitiveInformationBeforeStorageorTransfer
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