CVE-2013-6429
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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 90.6%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 90.56% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352, CWE-611
- Affected
- pivotal software/spring framework · vmware/spring framework
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 90.6% 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.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57915Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-6429Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530770/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64947Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755Third Party Advisory
- https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-11078?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:worklog-tabpanelThird Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57915Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-6429Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530770/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64947Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755Third Party Advisory
- https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-11078?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:worklog-tabpanelThird Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.