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CVE-2016-9878

7.5 highEPSS 4.9%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
4.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-22
Published
Modified
Record from
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Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-2m8h-fgr8-2q9wMavenorg.springframework:spring-webmvc<3.2.183.2.18
GHSA-2m8h-fgr8-2q9wMavenorg.springframework:spring-webmvc>=4.2.0 <4.2.94.2.9
GHSA-2m8h-fgr8-2q9wMavenorg.springframework:spring-webmvc>=4.3.0 <4.3.54.3.5

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