What is CVE-2024-38816?

CVE-2024-38816 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-38816?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-38816 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Spring

CVE-2024-38816

Applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on the file system that is also…

EPSS: 0.939 (99.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Spring — versions 5.3.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x

Public proof-of-concept exploits

WULINPIN/CVE-2024-38816-PoC
startsw1th/cve-2024-38816-demo
jaloon/spring-webmvc5
wdragondragon/spring-framework
Anthony1078/App-vulnerable
Galaxy-system/cve-2024-38816
Linxloop/fork_
Threekiii/CVE
adysec/POC
cisp-pte/POC-20241008-sec-fork

References

spring.io/security/cve-2024-38816

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38816?: CVE-2024-38816 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-38816?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-38816 known to be exploited?: 29 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.