CVEs / CVE-2018-1273

CVE-2018-1273: VMware Tanzu Spring Data Commons Property Binder Vulnerability

Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 25 Mar 2022
critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
EPSS 96.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
Last changed at its sources 24 Oct 2026

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Summary

Spring Data Commons contains a property binder vulnerability which can allow an attacker to perform remote code execution.
CISA, Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Description

Spring Data Commons, versions prior to 1.13 to 1.13.10, 2.0 to 2.0.5, and older unsupported versions, contain a property binder vulnerability caused by improper neutralization of special elements. An unauthenticated remote malicious user (or attacker) can supply specially crafted request parameters against Spring Data REST backed HTTP resources or using Spring Data's projection-based request payload binding hat can lead to a remote code execution attack.
The CVE record, via NVD · published 11 Apr 2018 · NVD status: Analyzed

Affected and fixed versions

As stated by the CVE record (from the CNA)
Product	Affected	Fixed in
Spring by Pivotal Spring Framework	Versions prior to 1.13 to 1.13.10, 2.0 to 2.0.5, and older unsupported versions	—

As stated by OSV
Product	Affected	Fixed in
org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons (Maven)	from 1.13.0, before 1.13.11	1.13.11
org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons (Maven)	from 2.0.0, before 2.0.6	2.0.6

Package versions from GHSA-4fq3-mr56-cg6r.

Exploitation

In CISA KEV since	25 Mar 2022
Due date for US federal agencies	15 Apr 2022
Used in ransomware campaigns	Known
Required action	Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity

CVSS 3.1	9.8 critical `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Scored by NVD
Weakness	CWE-94

References

CVE-2018-1273 on NVD
CVE-2018-1273 in the CISA KEV catalog
CVE-2018-1273 on OSV
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ignite-dev/201807.mbox/%3CCAK0qHnqzfzmCDFFi6c5Jok19zNkVCz5Xb4sU%3D0f2J_1i4p46zQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1273 Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-1273 US Government Resource

Sources

Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.

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