CVE-2013-7315

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.68% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gopivotal.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-4152 vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Nov/14 mailing list
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Aug/154 mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2842 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77998 vdb entry
https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-10806 patch exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-7315?
CVE-2013-7315 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-7315?
To fix CVE-2013-7315, 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-2013-7315 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-7315 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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