CVE-2022-22971

Spring Framework vulnerability

CVSS

6.5

EPSS

3.1%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

In spring framework versions prior to 5.3.20+ , 5.2.22+ and old unsupported versions, application with a STOMP over WebSocket endpoint is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by an authenticated user.

Affected vendor

Vmware

Affected product

Spring Framework

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Published

2022-05-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

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