CVE-2018-1259: Spring Data Commons, used in combination with XMLBeam, contains a property binder vulnerability caused by improper…

CVE-2018-1259 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2018-10-17

Spring Data Commons, used in combination with XMLBeam, contains a property binder vulnerability caused by improper restriction of XML external entity references

Technologies: org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2018-1259 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2018-1259 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2018-1259?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 17 October 2018.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.13.0,fixed=1.13.12.
Is there a fix for CVE-2018-1259?
Yes. org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons (Maven): upgrade to 1.13.12 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2018-1259?
Check whether you run org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons (Maven): upgrade to 1.13.12 or later
    # set org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons to 1.13.12 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.13.0,fixed=1.13.12

Identifiers

  • CVE-2018-1259
  • GHSA-m929-7fr6-cvjg

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