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CVE-2014-3578

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3578 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Pivotal Spring Framework versions 3.x before 3.2.9 and 4.0 before 4.0.5, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files through specially crafted URLs. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.2.0, < 3.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0621 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework:spring-coreFixed in: 3.2.9
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework:spring-coreFixed in: 4.0.5
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0Fixed in: spring
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0Fixed in: spring
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.0Fixed in: spring
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6Fixed in: spring
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5Fixed in: spring
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 5Fixed in: spring

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-rhcg-rwhx-qj3jmedium

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Spring Framework

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-3578Moderate

Framework: Directory traversal

Sep 5, 2014

References

jvndb.jvn.jp / jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000054
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN49154900/index.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
pivotal.io / security/cve-2014-3578
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00012.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0234.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0235.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/68042
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry