# CVE-2018-1273: VMware Tanzu Spring Data Commons Property Binder Vulnerability

> CVE-2018-1273: VMware Tanzu Spring Data Commons Property Binder Vulnerability. CVSS 9.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2018-1273
Last updated: 2026-08-26T03:56:07Z

- Published: 2018-04-11 13:00 UTC · Updated: 2026-08-26 03:56 UTC · Assigner: dell
- CVSS: 9.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Critical · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 97.0%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-03-25, federal due date 2022-04-15, ransomware use: Known
- CWE: CWE-94

## 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.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Spring by Pivotal: Spring Framework

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1273)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1273)
- [http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod\_mbox/ignite-dev/201807.mbox/%3CCAK0qHnqzfzmCDFFi6c5Jok19zNkVCz5Xb4sU%3D0f2J\_1i4p46zQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ignite-dev/201807.mbox/%3CCAK0qHnqzfzmCDFFi6c5Jok19zNkVCz5Xb4sU%253D0f2J_1i4p46zQ%2540mail.gmail.com%3E)
- [https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1273](https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1273)
- [https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html)

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