CVE-2014-3578

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Pivotal Spring Framework 3.x before 3.2.9 and 4.0 before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Affected products

Spring Framework: from 3.2.0 before 3.2.9; from 4.0.0 before 4.0.5 — fixed in 3.2.9, 4.0.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Spring Framework 3.2.9, 4.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49154900/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000054
http://pivotal.io/security/cve-2014-3578
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68042
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131882
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00012.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0234.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0235.html
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49154900/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000054
http://pivotal.io/security/cve-2014-3578

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