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Vulnerability details: VCID-6pkk-3mj7-jyag
Vulnerability ID VCID-6pkk-3mj7-jyag
Aliases CVE-2020-5397
GHSA-7pm4-g2qj-j85x
Summary Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Spring Framework is vulnerable to CSRF attacks through CORS preflight requests that target Spring MVC (spring-webmvc module) or Spring WebFlux (spring-webflux module) endpoints.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-5397.json
epss 0.00855 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-5397
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/bc7d01048579430b4b2df668178809b63d3f1929
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/bc7d01048579430b4b2df668178809b63d3f1929
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5397
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5397
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5397
generic_textual MODERATE https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5397
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-5397.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-5397
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/bc7d01048579430b4b2df668178809b63d3f1929
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
1800617 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1800617
CVE-2020-5397 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5397
CVE-2020-5397 https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5397
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-5397.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/bc7d01048579430b4b2df668178809b63d3f1929
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5397
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5397
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.7531
EPSS Score 0.00855
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:19:44.515360+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.springframework/spring-webmvc/CVE-2020-5397.yml 38.6.0