CVE-2013-6430 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The JavaScriptUtils.javaScriptEscape method in web/util/JavaScriptUtils.java in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.2 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Pivotal Software	Spring Framework
Redhat	Jboss Amq Jboss Fuse

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.1
	cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_amq:6.1.0	RHSA-2014:0401	2014-04-14T00:00:00Z
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.1
	cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_fuse:6.1.0	RHSA-2014:0400	2014-04-14T00:00:00Z

References

Link	Providers
http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-6430
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/7a7df6637478607bef0277bf52a4e0a03e20a248
https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-9983
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6430
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6430

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00337}`	epss `{'score': 0.00347}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2020-01-10T13:28:11

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:39:01.262Z

Reserved: 2013-11-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-6430

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-10T14:15:10.107

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:59:12.620

Link: CVE-2013-6430

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-6430 - Bugzilla

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