CVE-2014-0054
mediumpriority · attend · 59EPSS 0.914 · 100 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.8 and 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4152, CVE-2013-7315, and CVE-2013-6429.
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affected products (29)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-8cmm-qj8g-fcp6Cross-Site Request Forgery in Spring Framework2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
The Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.8 and 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4152, CVE-2013-7315, and CVE-2013-6429.
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references (18)
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.htmlcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57915cnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10872142cnnvd
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.htmlcnnvd
- https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-11376cnnvd
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10872142cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/75922cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66148cnnvd
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