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high 7.2

CVE-2018-1321 in the critical feed json

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

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-xgc9-9w4v-h33h , EUVD-2018-0788

cvss
7.2
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.5%
EPSS 17.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An administrator with report and template entitlements in Apache Syncope 1.2.x before 1.2.11, 2.0.x before 2.0.8, and unsupported releases 1.0.x and 1.1.x which may be also affected, can use XSL Transformations (XSLT) to perform malicious operations, including but not limited to file read, file write, and code execution.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.syncope:syncope-core 1.2.11, 2.0.8
  • apache syncope 1.2.11, 2.0.8

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-45400)

Exploit prediction

17.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-45400 Apache Syncope 2.0.7 - Remote Code Execution webapps, 2018-09-13

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.syncope:syncope-core
<1.2.11
>=2.0.0, <2.0.8
1.2.11
2.0.8

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Syncope

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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