Description
The Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.4 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.M2 does not disable external entity resolution for the StAX XMLInputFactory, which allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML with JAXB, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4152. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2013-4152 due to different affected versions.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.8/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Aug/154
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Nov/14
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2842
- http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-4152Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77998
- https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-10806Exploit, Patch
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Aug/154
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Nov/14
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2842
- http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-4152Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77998
- https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-10806Exploit, Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 23, 2014
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified