CVE-2021-23258
Spring SPEL Expression Language Injection
Authenticated users with Administrator or Developer roles may execute OS commands by SPEL Expression in Spring beans. SPEL Expression does not have security restrictions, which will cause attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely (RCE).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Spring SPEL Expression Language Injection
Authenticated users with Administrator or Developer roles may execute OS commands by SPEL Expression in Spring beans. SPEL Expression does not have security restrictions, which will cause attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely (RCE).
- Record
CVE-2021-23258- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-913
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-10357
Authenticated users with Administrator or Developer roles may execute OS commands by SPEL Expression in Spring beans. SPEL Expression does not have security restrictions, which will cause attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely (RCE).
- Record
EUVD-2021-10357- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-58pg-75f2-3jxj No score
Authenticated users with Administrator or Developer roles may execute OS commands by SPEL...
Authenticated users with Administrator or Developer roles may execute OS commands by SPEL Expression in Spring beans. SPEL Expression does not have security restrictions, which will cause attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely (RCE).
- Record
GHSA-58pg-75f2-3jxj- Weakness
- CWE-913
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Authenticated users with Administrator or Developer roles may execute OS commands by SPEL Expression in Spring beans. SPEL Expression does not have security restrictions, which will cause attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely (RCE).
- Record
CVE-2021-23258- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-913
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Authenticated users with Administrator or Developer roles may execute OS commands by SPEL Expression in Spring beans. SPEL Expression does not have security restrictions, which will cause attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely (RCE).
- Record
CVE-2021-23258- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-23258 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.2) in Crafter Software Cms, published December 2, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.