# CVE-2022-22980: A Spring Data MongoDB application is vulnerable to SpEL Injection when using @Query or @Aggregation-annotated query methods with SpEL expres

- Also known as: GHSA-W24X-87MR-4R23
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 7 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 3.4.1, 3.3.5
- Published: 2022-06-22 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a Spring Data MongoDB: version range not reported
- org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb (Maven): from 3.4.0, fixed in 3.4.1
- org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb (Maven): fixed in 3.3.5

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Spring Data MongoDB, org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb, upgrade to a fixed version (3.4.1, 3.3.5) per the references below.
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## References

- https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22980
- https://github.com/Eliasdekiniweek/CVE-2022-22980
- https://github.com/Vulnmachines/Spring_cve-2022-22980
- https://github.com/jweny/cve-2022-22980
- https://github.com/kuron3k0/Spring-Data-Mongodb-Example
- https://github.com/li8u99/Spring-Data-Mongodb-Demo
- https://github.com/murataydemir/CVE-2022-22980
- https://github.com/trganda/CVE-2022-22980

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