Spring Tools for Eclipse renders Spring Boot starter wizard dependency tooltips in a native embedded browser (SWT Browser) with JavaScript enabled. Using untrusted and compromised Initializr endpoints for the Spring Boot starter wizard can result in arbitrary script execution inside the embedded browser when a developer hovers a dependency checkbox in the New Spring Starter Project wizard. Impact is limited to in-IDE UI spoofing and outbound network beaconing rather than full code execution.
Affected Spring Products and Versions:
Spring Tools for Eclipse: 5.2.0 and earlier

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Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Spring
Spring spring Tools For Eclipse
Weaknesses CWE-79
Vendors & Products Spring
Spring spring Tools For Eclipse
Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description Spring Tools for Eclipse renders Spring Boot starter wizard dependency tooltips in a native embedded browser (SWT Browser) with JavaScript enabled. Using untrusted and compromised Initializr endpoints for the Spring Boot starter wizard can result in arbitrary script execution inside the embedded browser when a developer hovers a dependency checkbox in the New Spring Starter Project wizard. Impact is limited to in-IDE UI spoofing and outbound network beaconing rather than full code execution. Affected Spring Products and Versions: Spring Tools for Eclipse: 5.2.0 and earlier
Title Cross-Site Scripting in Eclipse Spring Boot Starter Wizard Dependency Tooltips
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-30T13:45:05.145Z

Reserved: 2026-07-04T18:14:10.167Z

Link: CVE-2026-59328

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-30T13:44:59.860Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-30T14:00:50Z

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