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SCA: security update for org.springframework:spring-web (GHSA-9gcm-f4x3-8jpw)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421971

Description

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

 - Spring Framework (versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.7, versions 4.3.x prior to 4.3.18, and older unsupported
 versions) allow web applications to change the HTTP request method to any HTTP method (including TRACE)
 using the HiddenHttpMethodFilter in Spring MVC. If an application has a pre-existing XSS vulnerability, a
 malicious user (or attacker) can use this filter to escalate to an XST (Cross Site Tracing) attack.
 (CVE-2018-11039)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gcm-f4x3-8jpw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421971

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11039

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11039

BID: 107984