Cross-site request forgery in Pivotal Spring Framework - CVE-2014-0054

 

Cross-site request forgery in Pivotal Spring Framework - CVE-2014-0054

Published: April 24, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU88957
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0054
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Pivotal Spring Framework
Software vendor:
Pivotal

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework does not disable external entity resolution. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

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