Applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on the file system that is also accessible to the process in which the Spring application is running. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when both of the following are true: * the web application uses RouterFunctions to serve static resources * resource handling is explicitly configured with a FileSystemResource location However, malicious requests are blocked and rejected when any of the following is true: * the Spring Security HTTP Firewall https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/exploits/firewall.html is in use * the application runs on Tomcat or Jetty

The version of Atlassian Confluence Server running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CONFSERVER-98484 advisory.

  - Applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn are     vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on     the file system that is also accessible to the process in which the Spring application is running.
    Specifically, an application is vulnerable when both of the following are true: * the web application uses     RouterFunctions to serve static resources * resource handling is explicitly configured with a     FileSystemResource location However, malicious requests are blocked and rejected when any of the following     is true: * the Spring Security HTTP Firewall https://docs.spring.io/spring-     security/reference/servlet/exploits/firewall.html is in use * the application runs on Tomcat or Jetty     (CVE-2024-38816)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Spring Framework versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.40, 6.0.x prior to 6.0.24 and 6.1.x prior to 6.1.13 are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on the file system that is also accessible to the process in which the Spring application is running.

The 12.2.1.4.0 versions of Identity Manager installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the January 2025 CPU advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Identity Manager product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Installer     (Spring Framework)). The supported version that is affected is 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Identity     Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or     complete access to all Oracle Identity Manager accessible data. (CVE-2024-38819)     
  - Applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn are     vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on     the file system that is also accessible to the process in which the Spring application is running.
    Specifically, an application is vulnerable when both of the following are true: * the web application uses     RouterFunctions to serve static resources * resource handling is explicitly configured with a     FileSystemResource location However, malicious requests are blocked and rejected when any of the following     is true: * the Spring Security HTTP Firewall https://docs.spring.io/spring-     security/reference/servlet/exploits/firewall.html is in use * the application runs on Tomcat or Jetty     (CVE-2024-38816)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host contains a Spring Framework version is affected by a path traversal vulnerability. 

Applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on the file system that is also accessible to the process in which the Spring application is running.

Specifically, an application is vulnerable when both of the following are true:
  - the web application uses RouterFunctions to serve static resources
  - resource handling is explicitly configured with a FileSystemResource location

However, malicious requests are blocked and rejected when any of the following is true:
  - the Spring Security HTTP Firewall is in use
  - the application runs on Tomcat or Jetty

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
215061	Atlassian Confluence 3.x < 7.19.29 / 8.0.x < 8.5.17 / 8.6.x < 8.9.8 / 9.0.1 < 9.1.1 (CONFSERVER-98484)	Nessus	CGI abuses	high
114574	Spring Framework 5.3.x < 5.3.40 / 6.0.x < 6.0.24 / 6.1.x < 6.1.13 Path Traversal	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	high
214531	Oracle Identity Manager (January 2025 CPU)	Nessus	Misc.	high
207387	Spring Framework < 5.3.40 / 6.0.x < 6.0.24 / 6.1.x < 6.1.13 Path Traversal (CVE-2024-38816)	Nessus	Misc.	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2024-38816

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Tenable Plugins

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