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CVE-2018-1272

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1272 affects Spring Framework versions 5.0 prior to 5.0.5 and 4.3 prior to 4.3.15, as well as older unsupported versions, impacting products like Oracle and VMware. This vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate multipart requests between servers, potentially leading to privilege escalation by injecting malicious data. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it requires high attack complexity but can result in significant confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.3.0, < 4.3.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.0, < 5.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_testing_suite:12.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_testing_suite:13.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_testing_suite:13.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0308 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 1,162 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (18)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework:spring-coreFixed in: 5.0.5
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework:spring-coreFixed in: 4.3.15
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 7Fixed in: spring-web
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Openshift Application Runtimes
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2Fixed in: spring
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6Fixed in: spring
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5Fixed in: spring
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)Fixed in: opendaylight
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata)Fixed in: opendaylight
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)Fixed in: opendaylight
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)Fixed in: opendaylight
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: rhevm-dependencies
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6Fixed in: spring
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5Fixed in: spring
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6Fixed in: spring
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6Fixed in: spring

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-4487-x383-qpphhigh

Possible privilege escalation in org.springframework:spring-core

Oct 17, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-1272Low

spring-framework: Multipart content pollution

Apr 5, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1320
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2669
Third Party Advisory
pivotal.io / security/cve-2018-1272
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103697
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry