Is CVE-2018-1259 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-1259 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-1259?

CVE-2018-1259 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2018-1259?

Patch guidance is available from pivotal software security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2018-1259.

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Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2018-1259?

5 products: pivotal software spring data commons, pivotal software spring data commons, pivotal software spring data rest, pivotal software spring data rest, xmlbeam xmlbeam.

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-611 · XML External Entity (XXE)

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PIVOTAL_SOFTWARE
Published: 5/11/2018
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

pivotal_software : spring_data_commonspivotal_software : spring_data_commonspivotal_software : spring_data_restpivotal_software : spring_data_restxmlbeam : xmlbeam

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD