# CVE-2020-5398: RFD Attack via "Content-Disposition" Header Sourced from Request Input by Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux Application

- Also known as: GHSA-8WX2-9Q48-VM9R
- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: v5.0.16.RELEASE, v5.1.13.RELEASE, v5.2.3.RELEASE, 5.2.3.RELEASE, 5.1.13.RELEASE, and 1 more
- Published: 2020-01-16 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

- Spring Spring Framework: from 5.0, fixed in v5.0.16.RELEASE; from 5.1, fixed in v5.1.13.RELEASE; from 5.2, fixed in v5.2.3.RELEASE
- org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven): from 5.2.0.RELEASE, fixed in 5.2.3.RELEASE
- org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven): from 5.1.0.RELEASE, fixed in 5.1.13.RELEASE
- org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven): from 5.0.0.RELEASE, fixed in 5.0.16.RELEASE
- org.springframework:spring-webflux (Maven): from 5.2.0.RELEASE, fixed in 5.2.3.RELEASE
- org.springframework:spring-webflux (Maven): from 5.1.0.RELEASE, fixed in 5.1.13.RELEASE
- org.springframework:spring-webflux (Maven): from 5.0.0.RELEASE, fixed in 5.0.16.RELEASE

## Description

In Spring Framework, versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.3, versions 5.1.x prior to 5.1.13, and versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.16, an application is vulnerable to a reflected file download (RFD) attack when it sets a "Content-Disposition" header in the response where the filename attribute is derived from user supplied input.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Spring, upgrade to a fixed version (v5.0.16.RELEASE, v5.1.13.RELEASE, v5.2.3.RELEASE, 5.2.3.RELEASE, 5.1.13.RELEASE) per the references below.
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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8dc72b974ee74f17bce661ea7d124e733a1f4c4f236354ac0cf48e8%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc05acaacad089613e9642f939b3a44f7199b5537493945c3e045287f%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdcaadaa9a68b31b7d093d76eacfaacf6c7a819f976b595c75ad2d4dc%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7361bfe84bde9d233f9800c3a96673e7bd81207549ced0236f07a29d%40%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9fb1ee08cf337d16c3364feb0f35a072438c1a956afd7b77859aa090%40%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
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- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5398

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