A vulnerability was found in Spring Data Commons up to 1.13.11/2.0.6. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component XMLBeam. The manipulation as part of a Parameter leads to a xml external entity reference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-611. The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 05/09/2018. The weakness was disclosed 05/11/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at pivotal.io. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-1259 since 12/06/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370947 (Pivotal Spring Data REST XXE Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 1.13.12 or 2.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-117635 and VDB-117638 are pretty similar.

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• Spring Data Commons

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• 1.13.0
• 1.13.1
• 1.13.2
• 1.13.3
• 1.13.4
• 1.13.5
• 1.13.6
• 1.13.7
• 1.13.8
• 1.13.9
• 1.13.10
• 1.13.11
• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6

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