spring-projects/spring-framework · Security
Spring Framework Cross-site Scripting via JavaScriptUtils
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-3chg-m5w7-qfv5
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-41845
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 7.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Description
Due to incorrect escaping, the use of JavaScriptUtils.javaScriptEscape() may lead to JavaScript code injection in the browser, potentially resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Affected versions: Spring Framework 7.0.0 through 7.0.7; 6.2.0 through 6.2.18; 6.1.0 through 6.1.27; 5.3.0 through 5.3.48.
CWEs
- CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41845 ↗
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41845 ↗
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/86d99790dbaa8ce6bb1087ef92844d0abfdab015 ↗
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/a1826b725c29fbb175fa7b4fc005aa3d78c32015 ↗
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v6.2.19 ↗
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v7.0.8 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3chg-m5w7-qfv5 ↗