CVE-2018-5435 TIBCO Spotfire Product Family Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on TIBCO Spotfire clients and web players, requiring users to upgrade to patched versions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-5435?
CVE-2018-5435 is a critical code injection vulnerability in TIBCO Spotfire Analyst, published on 27 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The TIBCO Spotfire Client and TIBCO Spotfire Web Player Client components of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analyst, TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, TIBCO Spotfire Deployment Kit, TIBCO Spotfire Desktop, and TIBCO Spotfire Desktop Language Packs contain multiple vulnerabilities that may allow for remote code execution. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analyst: versions up to and including 7.8.0; 7.9.0; 7.9.1; 7.10.0; 7.10.1; 7.11.0; 7.12.0, TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace: versions up to and including 7.12.0, TIBCO Spotfire Deployment Kit: versions up to and including 7.8.0; 7.9.0;7.9.1;7.10.0;7.10.1;7.11.0; 7.12.0, TIBCO Spotfire Desktop: versions up to and including 7.8.0; 7.9.0; 7.9.1; 7.10.0; 7.10.1; 7.11.0;7.12.0, TIBCO Spotfire Desktop Language Packs: versions up to and including 7.8.0; 7.9.0; 7.9.1; 7.10.0; 7.10.1; 7.11.0.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5435?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Tibco Spotfire Analyst, Tibco Spotfire Analytics Platform for Aws, Tibco Spotfire Deployment Kit, Tibco Spotfire Desktop, Tibco Spotfire Desktop Language Packs.
How do I fix CVE-2018-5435?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5435 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2018-5435 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5435 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Spotfire Analyst
- CVE-2017-3181 SQL injection in Spotfire Analyst
- CVE-2025-3115 Spotfire Data Function Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-41558 TIBCO Spotfire Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-9416 TIBCO Spotfire Stored Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2019-17334 TIBCO Spotfire Analyst and Desktop Remote Code Execution Via Shared Files
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3f6h-wmwv-m6rx.