CVE-2014-1904

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in web/servlet/tags/form/FormTag.java in Spring MVC in Spring Framework 3.0.0 before 3.2.8 and 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the requested URI in a default action.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.20% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory spring.io Vendor Advisory gopivotal.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2014-1904 patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66137 vdb entry third party advisory
https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-11426 permissions required
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/741b4b229ae032bd17175b46f98673ce0bd2d485 third party advisory patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531422/100/0/threaded mailing list broken link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57915 third party advisory permissions required
http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/3.2.8.RELEASE/changelog.txt vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/101 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1904?
CVE-2014-1904 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1904?
To fix CVE-2014-1904, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-1904 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-1904 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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