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7.5
CVSS
High

CVE-2020-5410

PUBLISHED

Directory Traversal with spring-cloud-config-server

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
Spring by VMware
Product
Spring Cloud Config
Published
Jun 02, 2020
EPSS
—

Description

Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.3, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.9, and older unsupported versions allow applications to serve arbitrary configuration files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead to a directory traversal attack.

java cisa nuclei_scanner

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 7.5 High

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

CVSS v2.0 5.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2022-03-25 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
partial

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA Mar 25, 2022

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-5410.yaml Apr 25, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

osamahamad/CVE-2020-5410-POC

github · Created 2020-06-16 20:15:58 UTC · 31 stars

CVE-2020-5410 Spring Cloud Config directory traversal vulnerability

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nuclei