Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting libspring-java package, versions <3.0.6.RELEASE-11


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBSPRINGJAVA-384970
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed10 Jan 2020

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2013-6430  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libspring-java to version 3.0.6.RELEASE-11 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libspring-java package and not the libspring-java package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The JavaScriptUtils.javaScriptEscape method in web/util/JavaScriptUtils.java in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.2 does not properly escape certain characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a (1) line separator or (2) paragraph separator Unicode character or (3) left or (4) right angle bracket.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1