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high 7.5

CVE-2011-2730 in the critical feed json

Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code in Spring Framework

published 2012-12-05 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-wv88-pf73-x22p , EUVD-2022-5641

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.8%
EPSS 11.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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."

Patch / fix

  • maven org.springframework:spring-core 2.5.6.SEC03, 2.5.7.SR023, 3.0.6
  • rhq jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 3.0.0-22.EmbJopr5.ep5.el4
  • bsh2 jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.0-0.b4.15.1.patch01.ep5.el4
  • wss4j jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 1.5.12-4.2_patch_02.ep5.el4
  • jbossts jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 1:4.6.1-12.CP13.8.ep5.el4
  • jbossws jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 3.1.2-13.SP15_patch_01.ep5.el4
  • jgroups jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 1:2.6.22-1.ep5.el4
  • spring2 jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.5.6-9.SEC03.1.ep5.el4
  • bsh2-bsf jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.0-0.b4.15.1.patch01.ep5.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0197RHSA-2013:0196RHSA-2013:0195RHSA-2013:0193RHSA-2013:0192RHSA-2013:0191

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-2730 updated cvss 6.4

Framework: Information (internal server information, classpath, local working directories, session IDs) disclosure

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 spring Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 spring Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 spring
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0221
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server netty 3.2.5-6.ep5.el5, jbossas 5.2.0-14.ep5.el5, jgroups 2.6.22-1.ep5.el5, google-guice 2.0-3.ep5.el5, jboss-cl 2.0.11-1.GA.ep5.el5, jboss-javaee 5.0.2-2.ep5.el5, +142 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0192
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server netty 3.2.5-6.ep5.el6, jbossas 5.2.0-16.ep5.el6, jgroups 2.6.22-1.ep5.el6, google-guice 2.0-3.ep5.el6, aopalliance 1.0-5.3.ep5.el6, jboss-cl 2.0.11-4.GA.ep5.el6, +143 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0191
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0194
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0953
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0533
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server jgroups 2.6.22-1.ep5.el5, google-guice 2.0-3.ep5.el5, jbossas-web 5.2.0-8.ep5.el5, jboss-cl 2.0.11-1.GA.ep5.el5, jboss-javaee 5.0.2-2.ep5.el5, xml-security 1.5.1-2.ep5.el5, +127 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0196
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  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server jgroups 2.6.22-1.ep5.el6, google-guice 2.0-3.ep5.el6, aopalliance 1.0-5.3.ep5.el6, jboss-cl 2.0.11-4.GA.ep5.el6, jboss-javaee 5.0.2-2.ep5.el6, jbossas-web 5.2.0-16.ep5.el6, +137 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0195
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0198

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

11.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework:spring-core
>=3.0.0, <3.0.6
<2.5.6.SEC03
>=2.5.7.SR0, <2.5.7.SR023
3.0.6
2.5.6.SEC03
2.5.7.SR023

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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