{"id":"CVE-2018-1259","title":"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 refer…","summary":"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 refer…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-611"],"vendor":"broadcom","product":"spring_data_commons","affected":["spring_data_commons >= 1.13, <= 1.13.11","spring_data_commons >= 2.0, <= 2.0.6","spring_data_rest >= 3.0, <= 3.0.6","spring_data_rest > 2.6, <= 2.6.11","xmlbeam <= 1.4.14"],"published":"2018-05-11","updated":"2026-06-26","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1259","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1809","label":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768","label":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1259","label":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html","label":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1809","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1259","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd","exploit-available"],"epss":0.04869,"epssPercentile":0.91664,"ingestedAt":"2026-06-29T13:24:33.218Z","exploits":{"github":1,"githubRepos":["https://github.com/tafamace/CVE-2018-1259"],"checkedAt":"2026-09-21T15:23:37.818Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"slug":"CVE-2018-1259","body":"## Overview\n\nSpring 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `spring_data_commons >= 1.13, <= 1.13.11`\n- `spring_data_commons >= 2.0, <= 2.0.6`\n- `spring_data_rest >= 3.0, <= 3.0.6`\n- `spring_data_rest > 2.6, <= 2.6.11`\n- `xmlbeam <= 1.4.14`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":1,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":4442,"id":"CVE-2018-1259","ts":1788887180559,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":3325,"id":"CVE-2018-1259","ts":1788886299560,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":2180,"id":"CVE-2018-1259","ts":1788882969287,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":1209,"id":"CVE-2018-1259","ts":1788882372487,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":323,"id":"CVE-2018-1259","ts":1788881815583,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}