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CVE-2020-5421

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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RFD Protection Bypass via jsessionid

CVE-2020-54214 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 44 = 17 + 16 + 1 + 10 + 0

rank@v1 · scheduled

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.10736  ·  without this subject the record ranks 27

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 6.5, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 28

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

rose on 2025-10-15  ·  without this subject the record ranks 43

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

20 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 34

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

no CISA due date  ·  without this subject the record ranks 44

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$472,000over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement-$149,000on 2024-12-17, the last material move, 1 year, 5 months before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$472,000 = $4.99M incident cost x 0.8814887365328109 exposure x 0.10736 likelihood

udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run

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Hindsight · the state

0.10736EPSSNOT IN KEVas of 2026-09-20
Severity8.7 HIGHreceipt
Harmpartial impactreceipt
Exploitationpublic proof-of-conceptreceipt
Defensefix version namedreceipt
Movementthreshold crossedreceipt
RISING10Risen from 0.0411 to 0.10736 across 44 observations. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

No weakness class or product neighbourhood is held for this record, so this index cannot name anywhere to check next. That is an absence in the record, not a finding about the software.

Color is a claim, not decoration:the hostile worldthe defenseno signal

Sources disagree here.

Severity score
Pivotal8.7 HIGHreceipt
NVD6.5 MEDIUMreceipt
Scoring standard
PivotalCVSS v3.0receipt
NVDCVSS v3.1receipt
What it costs
PivotalComplete confidentiality and integrity loss, with impact beyond the vulnerable componentreceipt
NVDPartial confidentiality loss; complete integrity loss, with impact beyond the vulnerable componentreceipt

Both shown, dated. We don't pick winners. disagreement-rules@v1

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Reachnetwork-reachable · low privileges required · user interaction required · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality and integrity loss, with impact beyond the vulnerable componentreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.0 · the CNA's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-020receipt
Published consequencesMITRE publishes no common consequences for this weakness.[email protected]

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed in4.3.29; 5.0.19; 5.1.18; 5.2.9receipt
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Proof-of-concept published · 1 public repository, 2021-01-10.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published · 1 public repository2021-01-10receipt
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, the CNA8.7 HIGHreceipt
CVSS, NVD6.5 MEDIUMreceipt
Exploit probability0.10736 · top 4% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth11 products across 2 vendorsderived
Assigned bypivotalreceipt
Recorded changes47 · last 19 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productSpring by VMware Spring Frameworkreceipt
Published rangesvmware spring framework < 4.3.29; vmware spring framework >= 5.0.0 < 5.0.19; vmware spring framework >= 5.1.0 < 5.1.18; vmware spring framework >= 5.2.0 < 5.2.9receipt
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vmware spring framework < 4.3.29
vmware spring framework >= 5.0.0 < 5.0.19
vmware spring framework >= 5.1.0 < 5.1.18
vmware spring framework >= 5.2.0 < 5.2.9
oracle commerce guided search 11.3.2
oracle communications brm 11.3.0.9
oracle communications brm 12.0.0.3
oracle communications design studio 7.3.4
oracle communications design studio 7.3.5
oracle communications design studio 7.4.0
oracle communications session report manager >= 8.2.1 <= 8.2.2.1
oracle communications unified inventory management 7.3.4
oracle communications unified inventory management 7.3.5
oracle endeca information discovery integrator 3.2.0
oracle enterprise data quality 12.2.1.3.0
oracle enterprise data quality 12.2.1.4.0
oracle financial services analytical applications infrastructure >= 8.0.6 <= 8.1.0
oracle flexcube private banking 12.0.0
oracle flexcube private banking 12.1.0
oracle fusion middleware 12.2.1.3.0
Fixed in4.3.29; 5.0.19; 5.1.18; 5.2.9receipt

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Attack path

Network requestrequires low privileges, requires…Spring FrameworkCWE-020 weaknessAdjacent componentsscope changeConfidentiality and integrity lossC:H / I:Hexploits CWE-020scope changedata compromise

What it is stated by the CNA

In Spring Framework versions 5.2.0 - 5.2.8, 5.1.0 - 5.1.17, 5.0.0 - 5.0.18, 4.3.0 - 4.3.28, and older unsupported versions, the protections against RFD attacks from CVE-2015-5211 may be bypassed depending on the browser used through the use of a jsessionid path parameter. receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
affected versions
vmware spring framework < 4.3.29; vmware spring framework >= 5.0.0 < 5.0.19; vmware spring framework >= 5.1.0 < 5.1.18; and 17 more, listed in full below

The CNA scored it 8.7 and NVD 6.5. Both are shown because both were published; we do not pick one.

check it yourself tanzu.vmware.com lists.apache.org lists.apache.org lists.apache.org lists.apache.org lists.apache.org +14 morereceipt

Dated events

2021-09-22EPSS moved 0.05 to 0.132023-03-07EPSS moved 0.02 to 0.942026-06-15EPSS moved 0.64 to 0.11

Movement the material steps

14 Apr 20210.0411
22 Sep 20210.13002 · crossed 0.10
6 Jan 20220.41221
18 Feb 20220.23854
1 Apr 20220.03164 · crossed 0.10
7 Mar 20230.94132 · crossed 0.10 and 0.50 and 0.90 · scoring model v2023.03.01
17 Mar 20230.85699 · crossed 0.90
22 May 20230.92524 · crossed 0.90
8 Nov 20230.15300 · crossed 0.50 and 0.90
17 Dec 20240.09618 · crossed 0.10
17 Mar 20250.56958 · crossed 0.10 and 0.50 · scoring model v2025.03.14
19 Mar 20250.7574
20 Mar 20250.56958
27 Mar 20250.76196
28 Mar 20250.56958
29 Mar 20250.76196
30 Mar 20250.56958
15 May 20250.6708
18 Sep 20250.56167
18 Nov 20250.75673
21 Nov 20250.63828
15 Jun 20260.10736 · crossed 0.50 · scoring model v2026.06.15
Show all 44 observations
14 Apr 20210.0411
14 May 20210.04318
15 Jun 20210.04526
21 Jul 20210.04733
22 Sep 20210.13002
21 Oct 20210.13517
6 Jan 20220.41221
4 Feb 20220.44833
18 Feb 20220.23854
1 Apr 20220.03164
24 Jun 20220.01547
7 Mar 20230.94132
17 Mar 20230.85699
13 Apr 20230.82489
25 Apr 20230.85045
22 May 20230.92524
18 Jun 20230.91256
8 Jul 20230.91928
8 Nov 20230.15300
10 Sep 20240.13000
17 Dec 20240.09618
13 Jan 20250.07749
17 Mar 20250.56958
19 Mar 20250.7574
20 Mar 20250.56958
27 Mar 20250.76196
28 Mar 20250.56958
29 Mar 20250.76196
30 Mar 20250.56958
15 May 20250.6708
2 Jun 20250.68606
10 Jul 20250.6708
13 Jul 20250.59873
18 Sep 20250.56167
28 Sep 20250.63828
12 Oct 20250.56167
15 Oct 20250.63828
18 Nov 20250.75673
21 Nov 20250.63828
14 Dec 20250.56167
14 Jan 20260.63828
18 Mar 20260.68074
23 Mar 20260.63828
15 Jun 20260.10736

44 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.10736Published2020-09-19Public PoC2021-01-10Index as of2026-06-15

The record had been public for 5 years, 8 months when this index was last written.

Published 2020-09-19 receipt · Public PoC 2021-01-10 receipt · Index as of 2026-06-15 derived

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