Path Traversal Affecting org.springframework:spring-webmvc package, versions [,6.1.14)
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- published18 Oct 2024
- disclosed17 Oct 2024
- creditMasato Anzai
Introduced: 17 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-38819 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
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How to fix?
Upgrade org.springframework:spring-webmvc to version 6.1.14 or higher.
Overview
org.springframework:spring-webmvc is a package that provides Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture and ready components that can be used to develop flexible and loosely coupled web applications.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Path Traversal through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on the file system that is also accessible.
Note: This is similar to CVE-2024-38816, but with different input.