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CVE-2020-5397

CSRF Attack via CORS Preflight Requests with Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux

Published: Jan 17, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-352
5.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.4%
Top 18.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Spring Framework, versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.3 are vulnerable to CSRF attacks through CORS preflight requests that target Spring MVC (spring-webmvc module) or Spring WebFlux (spring-webflux module) endpoints. Only non-authenticated endpoints are vulnerable because preflight requests should not include credentials and therefore requests should fail authentication. However a notable exception to this are Chrome based browsers when using client certificates for authentication since Chrome sends TLS client certificates in CORS preflight requests in violation of spec requirements. No HTTP body can be sent or received as a result of this attack.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-352

Affected Products

Oracle Corp.
commercial·USaka oracle
application testing suite
Enterprise Software
Communications BRM - Elastic Charging EngineOn-premWeb App
Communications / messaging-chat
communications diameter signaling routerOn-prem
Databases / cache-message-queue
communications element managerOn-prem
Communications
communications policy managementOn-premDatabase
Databases / relational
communications session route managerOn-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
enterprise manager base platformOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
financial services regulatory reporting with agilereporterOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / hr-finance
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.springframework:spring-webmvc
OSS Libraries
org.springframework:spring-webflux
OSS Libraries
Spring
oss-projectaka spring framework, spring security, spring boot
Spring Framework
OSS Libraries
vmware
commercial·USaka vmware inc
spring frameworkLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Pivotal Software Inc.
commercial·USaka spring amqp rabbitmq, redis, spring framework
Spring FrameworkMixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library
and 33 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available
Scannable·Nuclei / OpenVAS
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References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
oracle.com
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
oracle.com
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5397
pivotal.io
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