CVE-2011-2730
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
VMware SpringSource Spring Framework before 2.5.6.SEC03, 2.5.7.SR023, and 3.x before 3.0.6, when a container supports Expression Language (EL), evaluates EL expressions in tags twice, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a (1) name attribute in a (a) spring:hasBindErrors tag; (2) path attribute in a (b) spring:bind or (c) spring:nestedpath tag; (3) arguments, (4) code, (5) text, (6) var, (7) scope, or (8) message attribute in a (d) spring:message or (e) spring:theme tag; or (9) var, (10) scope, or (11) value attribute in a (f) spring:transform tag, aka "Expression Language Injection."
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677814
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0191.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0192.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0193.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0194.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0195.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0196.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0197.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0198.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0221.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0533.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52054
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55155
- http://support.springsource.com/security/cve-2011-2730
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2504
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029151
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dc1xxO8UMFaGLOwgkykYdghGWm_2Gn0iCrxFsympqcE/edit
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