SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-4152

The 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…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 25.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The 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.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
25.63% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
springsource/spring framework · vmware/spring framework
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%15%30%4 November 2026: 25.63%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 25.6% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.