SpEL Injection Vulnerability in Spring Data MongoDB Applications by VMware
CVE-2022-22980

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Spring Data Mongodb
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 June 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 84%

Summary

A vulnerability exists in Spring Data MongoDB applications that utilize SpEL (Spring Expression Language) expressions in @Query or @Aggregation-annotated methods. If the inputs provided to these expressions, which include query parameter placeholders, are not properly sanitized, it could allow an attacker to craft malicious inputs, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or manipulation.

Affected Version(s)

Spring Data MongoDB 3.4.0, 3.3.0 to 3.3.4 and Older

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2022-22980
Created by trganda

Spring-Data-Mongodb-Example
Created by kuron3k0

Spring-Data-Mongodb-Demo
Created by li8u99

References

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22980
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EPSS Score

84% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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