RFD Protection Bypass via jsessionid

Summary

CVECVE-2020-5421
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerpivotal
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-19 04:15:11 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 21:17:30 UTC
DescriptionIn Spring Framework versions 5.2.0 - 5.2.8, 5.1.0 - 5.1.17, 5.0.0 - 5.0.18, 4.3.0 - 4.3.28, and older unsupported versions, the protections against RFD attacks from CVE-2015-5211 may be bypassed depending on the browser used through the use of a jsessionid path parameter.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | CWE-020: Improper Input Validation


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
3.0[email protected]Secondary8.7HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
3.0CNADECLARED8.7HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary3.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Spring Framework All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Spring By VMware Spring Framework affected 4.3 4.3.29 custom Not specified
CNA Spring By VMware Spring Framework affected 5.0 5.0.19 custom Not specified
CNA Spring By VMware Spring Framework affected 5.1 5.1.18 custom Not specified
CNA Spring By VMware Spring Framework affected 5.2 5.2.9 custom Not specified

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Legacy QID Mappings

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  • 730119 Dell Solutions Enabler Security Update for Multiple Third-Party Component Vulnerabilities
  • 730543 Atlassian Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center Reflected File Download (RFD) Vulnerability (CONFSERVER-60618)
  • 980323 Java (maven) Security Update for org.springframework:spring-framework-bom (GHSA-rv39-3qh7-9v7w)

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