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CVE-2020-5397

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-5397 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Spring Framework versions prior to 5.2.3, specifically impacting Spring MVC and Spring WebFlux modules. This flaw allows attackers to exploit CORS preflight requests against non-authenticated endpoints, with a notable exception for Chrome browsers using client certificates which send credentials in preflight requests. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, no authentication required, and a potential impact of limited integrity loss. There is currently 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
>= 5.2.0, < 5.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_testing_suite:13.3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_brm_-_elastic_charging_engine:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_brm_-_elastic_charging_engine:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_diameter_signaling_router:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0238 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework:spring-webmvcFixed in: 5.2.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework:spring-webfluxFixed in: 5.2.3
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-7pm4-g2qj-j85xmedium

CSRF attack via CORS preflight requests with Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux

Jan 21, 2020
redhatCVE-2020-5397Low

springframework: CSRF attack via CORS Preflight Requests with Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux

Jan 17, 2020

References

pivotal.io / security/cve-2020-5397
ExploitVendor Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / /security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory