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CVE-2018-11039 json

Spring Framework Cross Site Tracing (XST)

published 8y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-9gcm-f4x3-8jpw , EUVD-2018-0561

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Spring Framework (versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.7, versions 4.3.x prior to 4.3.18, and older unsupported versions) allow web applications to change the HTTP request method to any HTTP method (including TRACE) using the HiddenHttpMethodFilter in Spring MVC. If an application has a pre-existing XSS vulnerability, a malicious user (or attacker) can use this filter to escalate to an XST (Cross Site Tracing) attack.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.springframework:spring-web 4.3.18, 5.0.7
  • Pivotal Spring Framework 4.3.18, 5.0.7
  • libspring-java Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.3.19-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11039

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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-2018-11039 updated cvss 3.7

springframework: Cross Site Tracing (XST) if vulnerable to XSS

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 springframework springframework Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 springframework springframework Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 springframework springframework Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 springframework springframework Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 springframework springframework
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) opendaylight
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 springframework springframework Red Hat Storage 3 rhevm-dependencies Red Hat Virtualization 4 rhvm-dependencies
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

2.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework:spring-web
>=5.0.0, <5.0.7
>=4.3.0, <4.3.18
5.0.7
4.3.18

Affected products

  • Pivotal Spring Framework

Classification

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