CVE-2013-6429

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-6429
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-26 16:58:10 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe SourceHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.RC1 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4152 and CVE-2013-7315.

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: 0.387250000 probability, percentile 0.972730000 (date 2026-05-04)

Problem Types: CWE-352 | CWE-611 | 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 Pivotal Software Spring Framework All All All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 4.0.0 milestone1 All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 4.0.0 milestone2 All All
Application Vmware Spring Framework 4.0.0 rc1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Spring Framework CVE-2013-6429 Multiple XML External Entity Injection Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2013-6429 Incomplete Fix for CVE-2013-4152 (XXE) | Pivotal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gopivotal.com Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
Disable the processing of external entities in SourceHttpMessageConverter by default [SPR-11078] · Issue #15704 · spring-projects/spring-framework · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jira.springsource.org Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
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