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CVE-2018-1273

CRITICAL9.8
CISA KEV

Published 2018-04-11 · Updated 2026-08-26 · Source security_alert@emc.com

Summary

CVE-2018-1273 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in VMware Tanzu Spring Data Commons. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 25, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by April 15, 2022. CISA also lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns, so it should be prioritised accordingly. VMware Tanzu has 3 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 1 of them linked to ransomware.

All 3 known-exploited VMware Tanzu vulnerabilities →

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.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-94

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: VMware Tanzu — Spring Data Commons

Name: VMware Tanzu Spring Data Commons Property Binder Vulnerability

Date added: 2022-03-25 · Due: 2022-04-15

USED IN RANSOMWARE

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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