CVE-2014-3625

Directory traversal vulnerability in Pivotal Spring Framework 3.0.4 through 3.2.x before 3.2.12, 4.0.x before 4.0.8, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, related to static resource handling.

Published: 2014-11-20 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3625 is rated Moderate Risk (52.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 16.99%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3625

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-01 17.36% 16.99% -0.37%
2 2026-04-21 16.99% 17.36% +0.37%
3 2026-03-17 16.99%

Full EPSS history (42 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3625

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3625

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-3625

GHSA-hhm4-hwq6-3c6w · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Spring Framework

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3625

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-3625 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libspring-java), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3625
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3625
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3625 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libspring-java), 20 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 10, ignored 7, DNE 1, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3625

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3625

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pivotal_software spring_framework >= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal_software spring_framework >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal_software spring_framework >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal_software spring_framework >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework >= 3.0.4, <= 3.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3625

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