CVE-2013-6429
mediumpriority · attend · 59EPSS 0.906 · 100 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
The SourceHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.RC1 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4152 and CVE-2013-7315.
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affected products (4)
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- pivotal software spring framework3.0.0 → 3.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-g6hf-f9cq-q7w7Cross-Site Request Forgery in Spring Framework2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
The SourceHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.RC1 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4152 and CVE-2013-7315.
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references (26)
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.htmlcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57915cnnvd
- http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-6429cnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10872142cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530770/100/0/threadedcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64947cnnvd
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755cnnvd
- https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-11078?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Aworklog-tabpanelPatchcnnvd
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