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Pivotal Spring Framework Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 4, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 5, 2024

Package

maven org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven)

Affected versions

< 3.2.18
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.9
>= 4.3.0, < 4.3.5

Patched versions

3.2.18
4.2.9
4.3.5

Description

An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5. Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized and as a result exposed to directory traversal attacks.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 29, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 4, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Mar 5, 2024

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.344%
(72nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-9878

GHSA ID

GHSA-2m8h-fgr8-2q9w

Source code

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