CVE-2020-5421

RFD Protection Bypass via jsessionid

Published Sep 19, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 11.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Spring Framework versions 5.2.0 - 5.2.8, 5.1.0 - 5.1.17, 5.0.0 - 5.0.18, 4.3.0 - 4.3.28, and older unsupported versions, the protections against RFD attacks from CVE-2015-5211 may be bypassed depending on the browser used through the use of a jsessionid path parameter.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rv39-3qh7-9v7w Improper Input Validation in Spring Framework
References
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb18ed999153ef0f0cb7af03efe0046c42c7242fd77fbd884a75ecfdc%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc9efaf6db98bee19db1bc911d0fa442287dac5cb229d4aaa08b6a13d%40%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd462a8b0dfab4c15e67c0672cd3c211ecd0e4f018f824082ed54f665%40%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re014a49d77f038ba70e5e9934d400af6653e8c9ac110d32b1254127e%40%3Cdev.ranger.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf00d8f4101a1c1ea4de6ea1e09ddf7472cfd306745c90d6da87ae074%40%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5421 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0009/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5421 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5421 cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.6708}

epss

{'score': 0.59873}

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Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
pivotal
Published
Updated
Oct 8, 2026, 9:03 PM
Reserved
Jan 3, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 19, 2020, 4:15 AM
Modified
Oct 8, 2026, 9:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 17, 2020, 12:00 AM