Spring Framework, versions 5.0 prior to 5.0.5 and versions 4.3 prior to 4.3.15 and older unsupported versions, provide client-side support for multipart requests. When Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux server application (server A) receives input from a remote client, and then uses that input to make a multipart request to another server (server B), it can be exposed to an attack, where an extra multipart is inserted in the content of the request from server A, causing server B to use the wrong value for a part it expects. This could to lead privilege escalation, for example, if the part content represents a username or user roles.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Spring Framework, versions 5.0 prior to 5.0.5 and versions 4.3 prior to 4.3.15 and older unsupported
    versions, provide client-side support for multipart requests. When Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux server
    application (server A) receives input from a remote client, and then uses that input to make a multipart
    request to another server (server B), it can be exposed to an attack, where an extra multipart is inserted
    in the content of the request from server A, causing server B to use the wrong value for a part it
    expects. This could to lead privilege escalation, for example, if the part content represents a username
    or user roles. (CVE-2018-1272)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
422808	SCA: security update for org.springframework:spring-core (GHSA-4487-x383-qpph)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
422808	SCA: security update for org.springframework:spring-core (GHSA-4487-x383-qpph)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2018-1272

high

Tenable Plugins

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high