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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 90.6%

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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
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-352, CWE-611
Affected
pivotal software/spring framework · vmware/spring framework
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.