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CVE-2020-5421

RFD Protection Bypass via jsessionid

Published: Sep 19, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
10.7%
Top 4.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

In Spring Framework versions 5.2.0 - 5.2.8, 5.1.0 - 5.1.17, 5.0.0 - 5.0.18, 4.3.0 - 4.3.28, and older unsupported versions, the protections against RFD attacks from CVE-2015-5211 may be bypassed depending on the browser used through the use of a jsessionid path parameter.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:LUI:RS:CC:LI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

Spring FrameworkSpring by VMware
Mixed
OSS Libraries / web-framework
spring frameworkvmware
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
commerce guided searchoracle
On-prem
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
communications brmoracle
On-prem
Databases / relational
communications design studiooracle
On-prem
Databases / relational
spring by vmwareoss-projectOSS Librariesaka springframework, spring by vmware
vmwarecommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka vmware inc
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.
and 42 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5421
tanzu.vmware.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re014a49d77f038ba70e5e9934d400af6653e8c9ac110d32b1254127e%40%3Cdev.ranger.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1eccdbd7986618a7319ee7a533bd9d9bf6e8678e59dd4cca9b5b2d7a%40%3Cissues.ambari.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
and 59 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Sep 19, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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