CVE-2013-6430: Possible XSS

January 10, 2020 (updated January 22, 2020)

The JavaScriptUtils.javaScriptEscape method in web/util/JavaScriptUtils.java in Spring MVC in Spring Framework does not properly escape certain characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a (1) line separator or (2) paragraph separator Unicode character or (3) left or (4) right angle bracket.

References

www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-6430
bugzilla.redhat.com/CVE-2013-6430
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6430

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