CVE-2018-11039

unknown
Published 2018-10-16 · Modified 2024-12-02
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11039

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.3.19-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.3.19-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.3.19-1
debian debiansidfixed4.3.19-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.3.19-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.springframework:spring-web>=5.0.0,<5.0.75.0.7
java Mavenorg.springframework:spring-web>=4.3.0,<4.3.184.3.18

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.