THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2011-2730
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2011-2730

Spring Framework vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
11.8%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
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."
Affected vendor
Springsource
Affected product
Spring Framework
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2012-12-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Springsource Spring Framework is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-2730.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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