The product uses external input with reflection to select which classes or code to use, but it does not sufficiently prevent the input from selecting improper classes or code.
Volume of CVEs assigned to CWE-470 and their average CVSS base score over time.
Top CVEs that have been assigned this CWE. A single CVE can have multiple CWE assignments, though many have just one.
73 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2021-21985CRITICAL The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in which is enabled by default in vCe | May 26, 2021 | 9.8 | 98 | YES | YES |
CVE-2024-0200CRITICAL An unsafe reflection vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that could lead to reflection injection. This vulnerability could lead to the execution of user-contro | Jan 16, 2024 | 9.8 | 80 | NO | YES |
CVE-2024-4990CRITICAL In yiisoft/yii2 version 2.0.48, the base Component class contains a vulnerability where the `__set()` magic method does not validate that the value passed is a valid Behavior class | Mar 20, 2025 | 9.1 | 70 | NO | NO |
CVE-2022-30287HIGH Horde Groupware Webmail Edition through 5.2.22 allows a reflection injection attack through which an attacker can instantiate a driver class. This then leads to arbitrary deseriali | Jul 28, 2022 | 8.0 | 65 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-40008CRITICAL Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in Apache IoTDB.
The pipe processor reads a fully
qualified Java class name and
ins | Jul 10, 2026 | 9.8 | 42 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-42027CRITICAL Arbitrary Class Instantiation via Model Manifest in Apache OpenNLP ExtensionLoader
Versions Affected: before 1.9.5, before 2.5.9, before 3.0.0-M3
Description:
The Exten | May 4, 2026 | 9.8 | 41 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-5511HIGH On F5 BIG-IP 13.1.0-13.1.0.3 or 13.0.0, when authenticated administrative users execute commands in the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the BIG-IP Con | Apr 13, 2018 | 7.2 | 41 | NO | YES |
CVE-2026-46562CRITICAL Yamcs is a mission control framework. Prior to 5.12.7, the Nashorn ScriptEngine used to evaluate user-supplied JavaScript algorithm text in yamcs-core/src/main/java/org/yamcs/algor | Jul 16, 2026 | 9.8 | 40 | NO | NO |
CVE-2025-53693CRITICAL Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in Sitecore Sitecore Experience Manager (XM), Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) all | Sep 3, 2025 | 9.8 | 40 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-44795HIGH Spinnaker is an open source, multi-cloud continuous delivery platform. Prior to 2026.1.0, 2026.0.3, 2025.4.4, and 2025.3.3, unsafe YAML processing bypasses safe deserialization whe | Jul 10, 2026 | 8.8 | 38 | NO | NO |
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