CVE-2026-59281

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

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.1 Medium

Status

Analyzed - security@vmware.com

Published

2026-08-27

Last modified

2026-08-28

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

• Spring Framework (Spring)
• Spring Framework (Vmware)

References

• https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59281