What is CVE-2011-2894?

CVE-2011-2894 is a vulnerability in VMware Spring Framework, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. Published 2011-10-04.

Is CVE-2011-2894 known to be exploited?

8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deserialization in VMware Spring Framework

CVE-2011-2894

Spring Framework 3.0.0 through 3.0.5, Spring Security 3.0.0 through 3.0.5 and 2.0.0 through 2.0.6, and possibly other versions deserialize objects from untrusted sources, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended security restrictions and execute untrusted code by (1) serializing a java.lang.Proxy instance and using InvocationHandler, or (2) accessing internal AOP interfaces, as demonstrated using deserialization of a DefaultListableBeanFactory instance to execute arbitrary commands via the java.lang.Runtime class.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published 2011-10-04 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.086 (94.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.086 · newest: 0.086 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.springsource.com/security/cve-2011-2894 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/49536 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519593/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1334.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69687 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
securityreason.com/securityalert/8405 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
osvdb.org/75263 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
web.archive.org/web/20120307233721/http://www.springsource.com/security/cve-201…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-2894?: CVE-2011-2894 is a vulnerability in VMware Spring Framework, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. Published 2011-10-04.
Is CVE-2011-2894 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.