spring-web is vulnerable to cross-site tracing (XST) attacks. The vulnerability exists as HiddenHttpMethodFilter allows web applications to change existing HTTP request method to any HTTP method, causing applications with existing cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability to be vulnerable to XST.
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HiddenHttpMethodFilter
allows web applications to change existing HTTP request method to any HTTP method, causing applications with existing cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability to be vulnerable to XST.Links: