CVE-2011-2730

Published: Dec 5, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-16

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

VMware SpringSource Spring Framework before 2.5.6.SEC03, 2.5.7.SR023, and 3.x before 3.0.6, when a container supports Expression Language (EL), evaluates EL expressions in tags twice, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a (1) name attribute in a (a) spring:hasBindErrors tag; (2) path attribute in a (b) spring:bind or (c) spring:nestedpath tag; (3) arguments, (4) code, (5) text, (6) var, (7) scope, or (8) message attribute in a (d) spring:message or (e) spring:theme tag; or (9) var, (10) scope, or (11) value attribute in a (f) spring:transform tag, aka "Expression Language Injection."

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-16

Affected Products

springsource

commercialaka spring source

spring frameworkOn-prem

OSS Libraries / web-framework

Maven

package-ecosystem

org.springframework:spring-core

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

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References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677814

bugs.debian.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0191.html

rhn.redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0192.html

rhn.redhat.com

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