CVE-2018-1259

Published: May 11, 2018Updated: Jun 26, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-611

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-611

Affected Products

broadcom

commercial·USaka broadcom inc

spring data commonsLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / web-framework

pivotal software

commercial·USaka pivotal

spring data restLibrary

Cloud & SaaS

vmware

commercial·USaka vmware inc

spring data restOn-prem

Cloud & SaaS / virtualization

xmlbeam

oss-project

xmlbeamLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

Pivotal

commercial·USaka pivotal software

Spring Data CommonsOn-premLibrary

Cloud & SaaS

Maven

package-ecosystem

org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons

OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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2 techniques

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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1809

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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768

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https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1259

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