VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-6429

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability90.56%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-01-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The 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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Primary references