PT-2018-11345 · Spring · Spring Framework

Published 2018-04-06 · Updated 2025-06-28 · CVE-2018-1271

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Spring Framework versions 5.0 prior to 5.0.5 Spring Framework versions 4.3 prior to 4.3.15 Spring Framework older unsupported versions

Description The issue allows applications to configure Spring MVC to serve static resources. A malicious user can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead to a directory traversal attack when static resources are served from a file system on Windows.

Recommendations For Spring Framework versions 5.0 prior to 5.0.5, update to version 5.0.5 or later. For Spring Framework versions 4.3 prior to 4.3.15, update to version 4.3.15 or later. For Spring Framework older unsupported versions, consider upgrading to a supported version.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1271

GHSA-G8HW-794C-4J9G

Affected Products

Spring Framework

References · 26

• https://oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g8hw-794c-4j9g · Vendor Advisory
• http://oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html · Patch
• http://oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html · Patch
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2939 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1320 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1271 · Security Note
• https://oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html · Patch
• https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1271 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1271 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/91b803a2310344d925e5d4b1709bbcea90375548 · Note
• https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/f046a066eceefa0799d1bc89bd6e1318f39bdf69 · Note
• https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/f59ea610dfcf55cd0b42f6dd76a9b3dab0218aaa · Note
• https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/b9ebdaaf3710db473a2e1fec8641c316483a22aa · Note