Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity Affecting org.springframework:spring-context package, versions [,5.2.21) [5.3.0, 5.3.19)


0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 0.07% (29th percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORK-2689634
  • published 14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 14 Apr 2022
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.springframework:spring-context to version 5.2.21, 5.3.19 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity via the patterns for disallowedFields on a DataBinder. As a result, a field is not effectively protected unless it is listed with both upper and lower case for the first character of the field, including nested fields within the property path.