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CVE-2016-5007

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5007 describes a security bypass vulnerability affecting Spring Security and Spring Framework versions 3.2.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x. This flaw arises from inconsistencies in URL pattern matching between Spring Security's authorization mechanisms and Spring MVC's controller mappings, potentially allowing unauthorized access to protected resources. With a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0284 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.security:spring-security-coreFixed in: 4.1.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework:spring-coreFixed in: 4.3.1
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: redhat-support-plugin-rhev
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: rhevm-dependencies
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: spring-security-core
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: jasperreports-server-pro
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: spring-core
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6Fixed in: karaf
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6Fixed in: Karaf

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-8crv-49fr-2h6jhigh

Spring Security and Spring Framework may not recognize certain paths that should be protected

Oct 17, 2018
redhatCVE-2016-5007Moderate

spring: Path matching inconsistency

Jul 7, 2016

References

pivotal.io / security/cve-2016-5007
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
securityfocus.com / bid/91687
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry