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CVE-2011-2894

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-2894 describes a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting Spring Framework versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.5 and Spring Security versions 2.0.0 through 3.0.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions and execute arbitrary code by deserializing specially crafted objects, such as a java.lang.Proxy instance or a DefaultListableBeanFactory. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is moderately severe, requiring medium attack complexity but allowing for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0.0, <= 3.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0853 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (4)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework:spring-coreFixed in: 3.0.6
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.security:spring-security-coreFixed in: 3.0.6
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.security:spring-security-coreFixed in: 2.0.7
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-f866-m9mv-2xr3medium

Spring Framework and Spring Security vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2011-2894Important

Security: Chosen commands execution on the server (Framework) or authentication token bypass (Security) by objects de-serialization

Sep 9, 2011

References

osvdb.org / 75263
Broken Link
securityreason.com / securityalert/8405
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/69687
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
web.archive.org / web/20120307233721/http://www.springsource.com/security/cve-2011-2894
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1334.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/519593/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/49536
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
springsource.com / security/cve-2011-2894
Vendor Advisory