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CVE-2018-1199 — Spring Security (Spring Security 4

Spring Security (Spring Security 4.1.x before 4.1.5, 4.2.x before 4.2.4, and 5.0.x before 5.0.1; and Spring Framework 4.3.x before 4.3.14 and 5.0.x before 5.0.3) does not consider URL path parameters when processing security constraints. By adding a URL path parameter with specia

CVSS
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EPSS
1.51% (top 19.00%)
CWE
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Published
2018-03-16T20:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T16:13:09.643Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

Spring Security (Spring Security 4.1.x before 4.1.5, 4.2.x before 4.2.4, and 5.0.x before 5.0.1; and Spring Framework 4.3.x before 4.3.14 and 5.0.x before 5.0.3) does not consider URL path parameters when processing security constraints. By adding a URL path parameter with special encodings, an attacker may be able to bypass a security constraint. The root cause of this issue is a lack of clarity…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Dell EMCSpring by Pivotalspring Security 4.1.0 - 4.1.4, 4.2.0 - 4.2.3, 5.0.0, Spring Framework 5.0.0 - 5.0.2, 4.3.0 - 4.3.13, Older unmaintained versions of Spring Security & Spring Framework were not analyzed and may be impacted

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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