Spring Web Flow's JavaScript RemotingHandler renders the body of an error response as HTML even when the response is not "text/html", which can result in a scripting attack in the user's browser if the error response from the server contains error details with input reflected from an attacker.

Affected versions:
Spring Web Flow 4.0.0; 3.0.0 through 3.0.1; 2.5.0 through 2.5.1.
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Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Spring spring Web Flow
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Description Spring Web Flow's JavaScript RemotingHandler renders the body of an error response as HTML even when the response is not "text/html", which can result in a scripting attack in the user's browser if the error response from the server contains error details with input reflected from an attacker. Affected versions: Spring Web Flow 4.0.0; 3.0.0 through 3.0.1; 2.5.0 through 2.5.1.
Title Spring Web Flow JS RemotingHandler renders non-HTML Response as HTML
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-23T19:42:23.692Z

Reserved: 2026-04-16T02:19:09.389Z

Link: CVE-2026-40986

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-11T12:46:42.533Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-06-11T07:16:26.920

Modified: 2026-07-23T09:10:00.113

Link: CVE-2026-40986

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-11T10:40:25Z

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