CVE-2018-11039

Low

No strong exploitation signal.

CVSS base

5.9 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)

2.7%

85.5th percentile

CISA KEV

Not listed

Weakness / dates

—

Published 2018-06-25 · modified 2026-08-25

CVSS breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector	N	Network
Attack Complexity	H	High
Privileges Required	N	None
User Interaction	N	None
Scope	U	Unchanged
Confidentiality	H	High
Integrity	N	None
Availability	N	None

Timeline

2018-06-25 — Published (NVD)
2026-08-25 — Last modified (NVD)

Description

Spring Framework (versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.7, versions 4.3.x prior to 4.3.18, and older unsupported versions) allow web applications to change the HTTP request method to any HTTP method (including TRACE) using the HiddenHttpMethodFilter in Spring MVC. If an application has a pre-existing XSS vulnerability, a malicious user (or attacker) can use this filter to escalate to an XST (Cross Site Tracing) attack.

Affected

debian oracle vmware

References

Official: NVD · CVE.org