CVE-2013-4152

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4152
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-23 21:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.723230000 probability, percentile 0.987720000 (date 2026-05-03)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.0 All All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.0 m1 All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.0 m2 All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.0 m3 All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.0 m4 All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.0.m1 All All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.0.m2 All All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.1 All All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.2 All All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.3 All All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.4 All All All
Application Springsource Spring Framework 3.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 3.0.6 All All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 3.0.7 All All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 3.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 3.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 3.1.2 All All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 3.1.3 All All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 3.1.4 All All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 3.2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 3.2.1 All All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 3.2.2 All All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 4.0.0 milestone1 All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bugtraq: CVE-2013-4152 XML External Entity (XXE) injection in Spring Framework af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA56247 - Debian update for libspring-java - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2842-1 libspring-java af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Fix potential security risk when using Spring OXM [SPR-10806] · Issue #15432 · spring-projects/spring-framework · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jira.springsource.org Exploit, Patch
Full Disclosure: XXE Injection in Spring Framework af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
CVE-2013-4152 XML External Entity (XXE) injection in Spring Framework | GoPivotal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gopivotal.com Vendor Advisory
Added 'processExternalEntities' to JAXB2Marshaller by poutsma · Pull Request #317 · spring-projects/spring-framework · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Spring Framework CVE-2013-4152 Multiple XML External Entity Injection Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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