# CVE-2014-1904: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in web/servlet/tags/form/FormTag.java in Spring MVC in Spring Framework 3.0.0 before 3.2.8 and 4.0.

- Also known as: GHSA-FF7P-JQJM-V66H
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.2.8.RELEASE, 4.0.2.RELEASE
- Published: 2014-03-20 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven): from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.2.8.RELEASE
- org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven): from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.2.RELEASE

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in web/servlet/tags/form/FormTag.java in Spring MVC in Spring Framework 3.0.0 before 3.2.8 and 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the requested URI in a default action.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.springframework:spring-webmvc, upgrade to a fixed version (3.2.8.RELEASE, 4.0.2.RELEASE) per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2014-1904
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66137
- https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-11426
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/741b4b229ae032bd17175b46f98673ce0bd2d485
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531422/100/0/threaded
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57915
- http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/3.2.8.RELEASE/changelog.txt
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/101

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