CVE-2014-3625

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-11-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Pivotal Spring Framework 3.0.4 through 3.2.x before 3.2.12, 4.0.x before 4.0.8, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, related to static resource handling.

Affected products

Spring Framework: from 3.1.0 through 3.1.4; from 3.2.0 before 3.2.12; from 4.0.0 before 4.0.8; from 4.1.0 before 4.1.2 — fixed in 3.2.12, 4.0.8, 4.1.2
Spring Framework: from 3.0.4 through 3.0.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Spring Framework 3.2.12, 4.0.8, 4.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0236.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html
http://www.pivotal.io/security/cve-2014-3625
https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-12354
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00012.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0236.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html
http://www.pivotal.io/security/cve-2014-3625
https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-12354
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00012.html

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