THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-1259
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-1259

Spring Data Commons vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.0%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Spring Data Commons, versions 1.13 prior to 1.13.12 and 2.0 prior to 2.0.7, used in combination with XMLBeam 1.4.14 or earlier versions, contains a property binder vulnerability caused by improper restriction of XML external entity references as underlying library XMLBeam does not restrict external reference expansion. An unauthenticated remote malicious user can supply specially crafted request parameters against Spring Data's projection-based request payload binding to access arbitrary files on the system.
Affected vendor
Broadcom
Affected product
Spring Data Commons
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-611 — XML External Entity (XXE) Reference
Published
2018-05-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 5.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-1259

  • Confirm whether Broadcom Spring Data Commons is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-1259.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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