Medium · published June 11, 2026
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.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| broadcom/spring_web_flow | < 2.5.2 | 2.5.2 |
| broadcom/spring_web_flow | ≥ 3.0.0, < 3.0.1.1 | 3.0.1.1 |
| broadcom/spring_web_flow | all versions | — |