Description
Spring MVC and WebFlux applications that obtain a data-binding Errors instance with HTML escaping enabled and then render field errors using the no-argument Errors.getFieldErrors() or Errors.getFieldError() accessors are vulnerable to arbitrary HTML/JavaScript code injection, potentially resulting in a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Spring Framework 7.0.0 - 7.0.8
Spring Framework 6.2.0 - 6.2.19
Spring Framework 6.1.0 - 6.1.28
Spring Framework 6.0.0 - 6.0.30
Spring Framework 5.3.0 - 5.3.49
Spring Framework 5.2.25.RELEASE and earlier
Published: 2026-08-27
Score: n/a
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Weaknesses CWE-79

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First Time appeared Spring
Spring spring Framework
Vendors & Products Spring
Spring spring Framework

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Description Spring MVC and WebFlux applications that obtain a data-binding Errors instance with HTML escaping enabled and then render field errors using the no-argument Errors.getFieldErrors() or Errors.getFieldError() accessors are vulnerable to arbitrary HTML/JavaScript code injection, potentially resulting in a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Spring Framework 7.0.0 - 7.0.8 Spring Framework 6.2.0 - 6.2.19 Spring Framework 6.1.0 - 6.1.28 Spring Framework 6.0.0 - 6.0.30 Spring Framework 5.3.0 - 5.3.49 Spring Framework 5.2.25.RELEASE and earlier
Title Spring Framework Cross-site Scripting via EscapedErrors
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Spring Spring Framework
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-27T17:57:37.157Z

Reserved: 2026-07-04T18:13:26.297Z

Link: CVE-2026-59281

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-27T20:17:54.267

Modified: 2026-08-27T20:17:54.267

Link: CVE-2026-59281

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Updated: 2026-08-28T07:00:12Z

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