CVE-2024-22259 (High) detected in spring-web-5.3.23.jar

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CVE-2024-22259 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - spring-web-5.3.23.jar

Spring Web

Dependency Hierarchy:

• webdocs-actuator-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar (Root Library)
  • webdocs-commons-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
    • spring-boot-starter-security-2.7.5.jar
      • spring-security-web-5.7.4.jar
        • ❌ spring-web-5.3.23.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 2cda59cc9ba15234ad74bb5750717c564aad3b18

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Applications that use UriComponentsBuilder in Spring Framework to parse an externally provided URL (e.g. through a query parameter) AND perform validation checks on the host of the parsed URL may be vulnerable to a open redirect https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/601.html  attack or to a SSRF attack if the URL is used after passing validation checks.

This is the same as CVE-2024-22243 https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-22243 , but with different input.

Publish Date: 2024-03-16

URL: CVE-2024-22259

CVSS 3 Score Details (8.1)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-22259

Release Date: 2024-01-08

Fix Resolution: org.springframework:spring-web:5.3.33,6.0.18,6.1.5

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