VMware Spring Framework up to 5.3.45/6.0.29/6.1.23/6.2.11 STOMP over WebSocket cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in VMware Spring Framework up to 5.3.45/6.0.29/6.1.23/6.2.11. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component STOMP over WebSocket. The manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-41254. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Spring Framework up to 5.3.45/6.0.29/6.1.23/6.2.11. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component STOMP over WebSocket. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

STOMP over WebSocket applications may be vulnerable to a security bypass that allows an attacker to send unauthorized messages. Affected Spring Products and VersionsSpring Framework: * 6.2.0 - 6.2.11 * 6.1.0 - 6.1.23 * 6.0.x - 6.0.29 * 5.3.0 - 5.3.45 * Older, unsupported versions are also affected. MitigationUsers of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version. Affected version(s)Fix versionAvailability6.2.x6.2.12OSS6.1.x6.1.24 Commercial https://enterprise.spring.io/ 6.0.xN/A Out of support https://spring.io/projects/spring-framework#support 5.3.x5.3.46 Commercial https://enterprise.spring.io/ No further mitigation steps are necessary. CreditThis vulnerability was discovered and responsibly reported by Jannis Kaiser.

The weakness was disclosed by Jannis Kaiser. The advisory is shared for download at spring.io. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-41254 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 271655 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-41254), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (271655), EUVD (EUVD-2025-34768) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2320). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• VMware Tanzu Spring Framework

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Vendor

• VMware

Name

• Spring Framework

Version

• 5.3.0
• 5.3.1
• 5.3.2
• 5.3.3
• 5.3.4
• 5.3.5
• 5.3.6
• 5.3.7
• 5.3.8
• 5.3.9
• 5.3.10
• 5.3.11
• 5.3.12
• 5.3.13
• 5.3.14
• 5.3.15
• 5.3.16
• 5.3.17
• 5.3.18
• 5.3.19
• 5.3.20
• 5.3.21
• 5.3.22
• 5.3.23
• 5.3.24
• 5.3.25
• 5.3.26
• 5.3.27
• 5.3.28
• 5.3.29
• 5.3.30
• 5.3.31
• 5.3.32
• 5.3.33
• 5.3.34
• 5.3.35
• 5.3.36
• 5.3.37
• 5.3.38
• 5.3.39
• 5.3.40
• 5.3.41
• 5.3.42
• 5.3.43
• 5.3.44
• 5.3.45
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8
• 6.0.9
• 6.0.10
• 6.0.11
• 6.0.12
• 6.0.13
• 6.0.14
• 6.0.15
• 6.0.16
• 6.0.17
• 6.0.18
• 6.0.19
• 6.0.20
• 6.0.21
• 6.0.22
• 6.0.23
• 6.0.24
• 6.0.25
• 6.0.26
• 6.0.27
• 6.0.28
• 6.0.29
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.1.16
• 6.1.17
• 6.1.18
• 6.1.19
• 6.1.20
• 6.1.21
• 6.1.22
• 6.1.23
• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.2.8
• 6.2.9
• 6.2.10
• 6.2.11

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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