CVE-2024-38816 (High) detected in spring-webmvc-6.1.6.jar, spring-webflux-6.1.6.jar

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CVE-2024-38816 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - spring-webmvc-6.1.6.jar, spring-webflux-6.1.6.jar

spring-webmvc-6.1.6.jar

Spring Web MVC

Library home page: https://spring.io/projects/spring-framework

Path to dependency file: /persistence/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-webmvc/6.1.6/ef1f76db6d94bac428839cb91fa59235c8356e56/spring-webmvc-6.1.6.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-webmvc/6.1.6/ef1f76db6d94bac428839cb91fa59235c8356e56/spring-webmvc-6.1.6.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-webmvc/6.1.6/ef1f76db6d94bac428839cb91fa59235c8356e56/spring-webmvc-6.1.6.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-cloud-starter-function-web-4.1.2.jar (Root Library)
  • spring-boot-starter-web-3.2.5.jar
    • ❌ spring-webmvc-6.1.6.jar (Vulnerable Library)

spring-webflux-6.1.6.jar

Spring WebFlux

Library home page: https://spring.io/projects/spring-framework

Path to dependency file: /file-storage/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-webflux/6.1.6/5d315dbc075c81ec72440de976eea70e082602d0/spring-webflux-6.1.6.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-webflux/6.1.6/5d315dbc075c81ec72440de976eea70e082602d0/spring-webflux-6.1.6.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-webflux-3.2.5.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ spring-webflux-6.1.6.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 335a4047c89f52dfe860e93daefb32dc86a521a2

Found in base branch: develop

Vulnerability Details

Applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on the file system that is also accessible to the process in which the Spring application is running.

Specifically, an application is vulnerable when both of the following are true:

• the web application uses RouterFunctions to serve static resources
• resource handling is explicitly configured with a FileSystemResource location

However, malicious requests are blocked and rejected when any of the following is true:

• the Spring Security HTTP Firewall https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/exploits/firewall.html  is in use
• the application runs on Tomcat or Jetty

Publish Date: 2024-09-13

URL: CVE-2024-38816

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38816

Release Date: 2024-09-13

Fix Resolution (org.springframework:spring-webflux): 6.1.13

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webflux): 3.2.10

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