What is CVE-2015-5258?

CVE-2015-5258 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Spring Social, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2015-5258?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in VMware Spring Social

CVE-2015-5258

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in springframework-social before 1.1.3.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2017-08-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

VMware Spring Social
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 23

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177420.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5258?: CVE-2015-5258 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Spring Social, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2015-5258?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.