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title: "CVE-2018-1273: Improper Control of Generation of Code | CubePath"
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…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1273
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# CVE-2018-1273: Improper Control of Generation of Code | CubePath

## 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.

Official description from the CVE record, published by dell. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1273)

## Key data

### CVSS 3.1 Critical 9.8

Score published by CISA-ADP in the CVE record.

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

| Metric                 | Value     | What it means                                                                       |
| ---------------------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Attack vector          | Network   | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity      | Low       | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.               |
| Privileges required    | None      | No account or privileges are needed.                                                |
| User interaction       | None      | No action from any user is needed.                                                  |
| Scope                  | Unchanged | The impact stays within the vulnerable component.                                   |
| Confidentiality impact | High      | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.                                     |
| Integrity impact       | High      | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.                             |
| Availability impact    | High      | Serious or total effect on availability.                                            |

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### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.96956 (97.0% probability)

Percentile

99.9%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

### CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Name in the catalog

VMware Tanzu Spring Data Commons Property Binder Vulnerability

Added to the catalog

Mar 25, 2022

Federal due date

Apr 15, 2022

Ransomware campaigns

Known use

### CISA assessment as of Mar 11, 2022

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Exploitation

Recorded by CISA as active

Automatable

yes

Technical impact

total

### Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CWE license.

- [CWE-94](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html) Improper Control of Generation of Code

## Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

- Spring Framework

  - affected: Versions prior to 1.13 to 1.13.10, 2.0 to 2.0.5, and older unsupported versions

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [\[ignite-dev\] 20180719 \[CVE-2018-1273\] Apache Ignite impacted by security vulnerability in Spring Data Commons](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod%5Fmbox/ignite-dev/201807.mbox/%3CCAK0qHnqzfzmCDFFi6c5Jok19zNkVCz5Xb4sU%3D0f2J%5F1i4p46zQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E)  (mail-archives.apache.org) mailing-list
- [oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html)
- [pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1273](https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1273)

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Dec 6, 2017
2. Record published Apr 11, 2018
3. Added to CISA KEV Mar 25, 2022
4. Record last updated Aug 26, 2026

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