CVE-2013-4152

Public Exploit

Description

The Spring OXM wrapper in Spring Framework before 3.2.4 and 4.0.0.M1, when using the JAXB marshaller, does not disable entity resolution, which allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference in a (1) DOMSource, (2) StAXSource, (3) SAXSource, or (4) StreamSource, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 84.06% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gopivotal.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/pull/317/files patch
http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-4152 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61951 vdb entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Nov/14 mailing list
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0254.html vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Aug/154 mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2842 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0212.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0245.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57915 third party advisory
https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-10806 patch exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/56247 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-4152?
CVE-2013-4152 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-4152?
To fix CVE-2013-4152, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-4152 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-4152 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~84% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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