CVE-2021-22118 (GCVE-0-2021-22118)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-27 14:48 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:30
VLAI
Summary
In Spring Framework, versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.15 and versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, a WebFlux application is vulnerable to a privilege escalation: by (re)creating the temporary storage directory, a locally authenticated malicious user can read or modify files that have been uploaded to the WebFlux application, or overwrite arbitrary files with multipart request data.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
vmware CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 247 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Spring Framework Affected: Spring Framework versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.15 and versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7
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