CVE-2020-5398 HIGH

CVE-2020-5398: RFD Attack via "Content-Disposition" Header Sourced from Request Input by Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux Application

Vendor Spring
Product Spring Framework
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published January 16, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

8.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 16, 2020 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated

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