7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-1259
Spring Data Commons XMLBeam XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 11, 2018, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:59 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-1259 has a 6 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-1259 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Pivotal_software spring_data_commons
2 Pivotal_software spring_data_rest
1 Xmlbeam xmlbeam
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-1259.

URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1809 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768 Third Party Advisory
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1259 Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1809 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768 Third Party Advisory
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1259 Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

A list for Spring Security

Java CSS HTML Dockerfile JavaScript Python

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
118 stars 15 fork 15 watcher
Born at : July 6, 2022, 11:52 a.m. This repo has been linked 26 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
34 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months ago
19 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1052 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago
86 stars 33 fork 33 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1113 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
16 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Sept. 3, 2020, 10:31 a.m. This repo has been linked 107 different CVEs too.

None

Java

Updated: 6 years, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 19, 2018, 9:25 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-1259 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-1259 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1809
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768
    Added Reference https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1259
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 25, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1259 No Types Assigned https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1259 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1809 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1809 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-611
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_data_commons:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.13 up to (including) 1.13.11 *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_data_commons:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (including) 2.0.6
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_data_rest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 2.6 up to (including) 2.6.11 *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_data_rest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0 up to (including) 3.0.6
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlbeam:xmlbeam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.4.14
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1809 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-1259 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.42 }} 0.06%

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0.73947

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