CVE-2013-4221

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4221
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-10 00:55:14 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe default configuration of the ObjectRepresentation class in Restlet before 2.1.4 deserializes objects from untrusted sources using the Java XMLDecoder, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via crafted XML.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-16 | CWE-91 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1 milestone1 All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1 milestone2 All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1 milestone3 All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1 milestone4 All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1 milestone5 All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1 milestone6 All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1 rc1 All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1 rc2 All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1 rc3 All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1 rc4 All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1 rc5 All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1 rc6 All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1.0 All All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1.1 All All All
Application Restlet Restlet 2.1.2 All All All
Application Restlet Restlet All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
SECURITY: remote code execution due to XML deserialization in Restlet · Issue #774 · restlet/restlet-framework-java · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
Talend - A Cloud Data Integration Leader (modern ETL) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 restlet.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
995275 – (CVE-2013-4221) CVE-2013-4221 Restlet: remote code execution due to insecure XML deserialization af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Dinis Cruz Blog: Using XMLDecoder to execute server-side Java Code on an Restlet application (i.e. Remote Command Execution) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.diniscruz.com Third Party Advisory
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