CVE-2013-6430 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Spring Framework

What is CVE-2013-6430?

CVE-2013-6430 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Pivotal Spring MVC, published on 10 Jan 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The JavaScriptUtils.javaScriptEscape method in web/util/JavaScriptUtils.java in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.2 does not properly escape certain characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a (1) line separator or (2) paragraph separator Unicode character or (3) left or (4) right angle bracket.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6430?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework:spring-web. It affects 1 product.

Products include Pivotal Software Spring Framework.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6430?

Upgrade org.springframework:spring-web to 3.2.2.RELEASE or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2013-6430 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6430 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Pivotal Spring MVC

• CVE-2014-0225 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Spring Framework High 8.8
• CVE-2016-5007 Spring Security and Spring Framework may not recognize certain paths that should be protected High 7.5
• CVE-2016-9878 Pivotal Spring Framework Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized High 7.5
• CVE-2013-6429 Cross-Site Request Forgery in Spring Framework Medium 6.8
• CVE-2015-0201 Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.springframework:spring-core Medium 5.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6430, GHSA-xjrf-8x4f-43h4.