CVE-2022-22980 (GCVE-0-2022-22980)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-22 13:56 – Updated: 2024-08-03 03:28
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Summary
A Spring Data MongoDB application is vulnerable to SpEL Injection when using @Query or @Aggregation-annotated query methods with SpEL expressions that contain query parameter placeholders for value binding if the input is not sanitized.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Spring Data MongoDB SpEL Expression injection vulnerability through annotated repository query methods
Assigner
vmware CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 228 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Spring Data MongoDB Affected: 3.4.0, 3.3.0 to 3.3.4 and Older
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