RFD Attack via "Content-Disposition" Header Sourced from Request Input by Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux Application

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-5398
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerpivotal
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-17 00:15:12 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 22:17:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Spring Framework, versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.3, versions 5.1.x prior to 5.1.13, and versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.16, an application is vulnerable to a reflected file download (RFD) attack when it sets a "Content-Disposition" header in the response where the filename attribute is derived from user supplied input.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-79 | CWE-494 | CWE-79 CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.0[email protected]Secondary8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.0CNADECLARED8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Spring Framework All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Spring Spring Framework affected 5.0 v5.0.16.RELEASE custom Not specified
CNA Spring Spring Framework affected 5.1 v5.1.13.RELEASE custom Not specified
CNA Spring Spring Framework affected 5.2 v5.2.3.RELEASE custom Not specified

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