Under some situations, the Spring Framework 4.2.0 to 4.2.1, 4.0.0 to 4.1.7, 3.2.0 to 3.2.14 and older unsupported versions is vulnerable…

Description

Under some situations, the Spring Framework 4.2.0 to 4.2.1, 4.0.0 to 4.1.7, 3.2.0 to 3.2.14 and older unsupported versions is vulnerable to a Reflected File Download (RFD) attack. The attack involves a malicious user crafting a URL with a batch script extension that results in the response being downloaded rather than rendered and also includes some input reflected in the response.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.6.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-552 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-552 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.springframework:spring-coreGHSA-pgf9-h69p-pcgf (opens in a new tab)

References (3)

• https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Reflected-File-Download---A-New-Web-Attack-Vector/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2015-5211 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20190713 [SECURITY] [DLA 1853-1] libspring-java security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-pgf9-h69p-pcgf (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2015-5211](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2015-5211.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2015-5211)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 06:41 UTC.