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RFD attack via Content-Disposition header sourced from request input by Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux Application

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jan 21, 2020 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 14, 2024

Package

maven org.springframework:spring-webflux (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 5.2.0.RELEASE, < 5.2.3.RELEASE
>= 5.1.0.RELEASE, < 5.1.13.RELEASE
>= 5.0.0.RELEASE, < 5.0.16.RELEASE

Patched versions

5.2.3.RELEASE
5.1.13.RELEASE
5.0.16.RELEASE
maven org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven)
>= 5.2.0.RELEASE, < 5.2.3.RELEASE
>= 5.1.0.RELEASE, < 5.1.13.RELEASE
>= 5.0.0.RELEASE, < 5.0.16.RELEASE
5.2.3.RELEASE
5.1.13.RELEASE
5.0.16.RELEASE

Description

In 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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 17, 2020
Reviewed Jan 21, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 21, 2020
Last updated Mar 14, 2024

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

62.533%
(98th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-5398

GHSA ID

GHSA-8wx2-9q48-vm9r

Source code

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