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CVE-2018-1335

From Apache Tika versions 1.7 to 1.17, clients could send carefully crafted headers to tika-server that could be used to inject commands into the...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
December 07, 2017
Published Date
April 25, 2018
Last Updated
September 17, 2024
Vendor
Apache Software Foundation
Product
Apache Tika
Description
From Apache Tika versions 1.7 to 1.17, clients could send carefully crafted headers to tika-server that could be used to inject commands into the command line of the server running tika-server. This vulnerability only affects those running tika-server on a server that is open to untrusted clients. The mitigation is to upgrade to Tika 1.18.
Tags
nuclei_scanner apache

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.0

8.1 - HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

9.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Score

Score
93.17% (Percentile: 99.79%) as of 2025-07-29

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2025-07-05 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b3ed4432380af767effd4c6f27665cc7b2686acccbefeb9f55851dca%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104001 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46540/ http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153864/Apache-Tika-1.17-Header-Command-Injection.html https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3140

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL) 2025-07-06 12:00:53 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/apache_tika_jp2_jscript.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:37 UTC
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-1335.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

apache_tika_jp2_jscript

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2018-1335

DigitalNinja00/CVE-2018-1335

Type: github • Created: 2024-06-06 21:02:24 UTC • Stars: 0

siramk/CVE-2018-1335

Type: github • Created: 2021-03-26 11:51:23 UTC • Stars: 0

N0b1e6/CVE-2018-1335-Python3

Type: github • Created: 2020-02-11 09:19:57 UTC • Stars: 0

SkyBlueEternal/CVE-2018-1335-EXP-GUI

Type: github • Created: 2019-03-20 14:38:09 UTC • Stars: 14

GUI版 EXP

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit

  • Added to KEVIntel