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CVE-2018-1321

44
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1321 describes a critical vulnerability in Apache Syncope versions 1.2.x before 1.2.11, 2.0.x before 2.0.8, and unsupported releases 1.0.x and 1.1.x. An authenticated administrator with report and template entitlements can leverage XSL Transformations (XSLT) to execute malicious operations. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a severe impact with potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability through file read, write, and remote code execution. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, a public exploit (EDB-45400) exists, demonstrating its feasibility. Despite the high risk, community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.2.0, < 1.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
18.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-45400 · Sep 13, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1802 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 5,530 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 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 (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.syncope:syncope-coreFixed in: 1.2.11
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.syncope:syncope-coreFixed in: 2.0.8

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-xgc9-9w4v-h33hhigh

High severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.syncope:syncope-core

Nov 6, 2018

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/45400
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
syncope.apache.org / security.html
MitigationVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103508
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry