CVE-2013-7285
Xstream API versions up to 1.4.6 and version 1.4.10, if the security framework has not been initialized, may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary shell commands by manipulating the processed input stream when unmarshaling XML or any supported…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 84.4%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Xstream API versions up to 1.4.6 and version 1.4.10, if the security framework has not been initialized, may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary shell commands by manipulating the processed input stream when unmarshaling XML or any supported format. e.g. JSON.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 84.36% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 7 January 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- oracle/endeca information discovery studio · apache/activemq · xstream/xstream
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 84.4% since 3 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.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.htmlBroken Link, Not Applicable, URL Repurposed
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/69Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://web.archive.org/web/20140204133306/http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3EMailing List
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3EMailing List
- https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00604.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00607.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2013-7285.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.htmlBroken Link, Not Applicable, URL Repurposed
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/69Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://web.archive.org/web/20140204133306/http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3EMailing List
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3EMailing List
- https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00604.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00607.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2013-7285.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.