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CVE-2011-2730

VMware SpringSource Spring Framework before 2.5.6.SEC03, 2.5.7.SR023, and 3.x before 3.0.6, when a container supports Ex

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.".

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.46306
Schedule remediation
  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules2 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

3

Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.springframework:spring-core HIGH fixed in 3.0.6

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2
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighPotential SpEL Injection In Spring Framework
productmediumSpring Framework Exceptions

Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD05 Dec 2012 · 05:55 PM

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11
rhsaRHSA-2013:0953Important
rhsaRHSA-2013:0533Important
rhsaRHSA-2013:0195Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2013:0194Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2013:0196Moderate
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