CVE-2016-9878
Pivotal Spring Framework Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.9%
Description
An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5. Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized and as a result exposed to directory traversal attacks.
How to fix CVE-2016-9878
To remediate CVE-2016-9878, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.3.5-1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.2.18 or later
Is CVE-2016-9878 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.3.5-1
- from 0, < 3.2.18
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |