CVE-2018-1297

highpriority · attend · 53OT risk · highEPSS 0.114 · 96 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

11.4% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

25 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

When using Distributed Test only (RMI based), Apache JMeter 2.x and 3.x uses an unsecured RMI connection. This could allow an attacker to get Access to JMeterEngine and send unauthorized code.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.09.3criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-319USprimaryCWE-319US

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

48484848484848/Jmeter-CVE-2018-1297-48484848484848/Jmeter-CVE-2018-1297-PoC · poc_in_github
Al1ex/CVE-2018-1297EXP for CVE-2018-1297PoC · poc_in_github
CyberCTF/vulhub-jmeter-cve-2018-1297Vulhub jmeter/CVE-2018-1297: Apache JMeter RMI Deserialization RCE (CVE-2018-1297), run with IsoloomPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (25)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache JMeter≤ 2.xenisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache JMeter≤ 3.xenisa_euvdEU
apache jmeter= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jmeter= 2.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-7v85-6hv2-rwgwMissing certificate validation in Apache JMeter2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
When using Distributed Test only (RMI based), Apache JMeter 2.x and 3.x uses an unsecured RMI connection. This could allow an attacker to get Access to JMeterEngine and send unauthorized code.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-02-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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