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CVE-2013-2172
jcp/xml/dsig/internal/dom/DOMCanonicalizationMethod.java in Apache Santuario XML Security for Java 1.4.x before 1.4.8 and 1.5.x before…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 5.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
jcp/xml/dsig/internal/dom/DOMCanonicalizationMethod.java in Apache Santuario XML Security for Java 1.4.x before 1.4.8 and 1.5.x before 1.5.5 allows context-dependent attackers to spoof an XML Signature by using the CanonicalizationMethod parameter to specify an arbitrary weak "canonicalization algorithm to apply to the SignedInfo part of the Signature."
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.9% · top 6.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.santuario:xmlsecGHSA-r237-w2w6-jq3p (opens in a new tab)
References
24
- RHSA-2013:1219 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 54019 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1218 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2172.txt.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1209 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- USN-2028-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1217 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1437 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-java/branches/1.5.x-fixes/src/main/java/org/apache/jcp/xml/dsig/internal/dom/DOMCanonicalizationMethod.java?r1=1353876&r2=1493772&pathrev=1493772&diff_format=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1207 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1375 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0212 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1853 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1220 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 60846 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 94651 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- DSA-3065 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [santuario-commits] 20190823 svn commit: r1049214 - in /websites/production/santuario/content: cache/main.pageCache download.html index.html javaindex.html javareleasenotes.html secadv.data/CVE-2019-12400.asc secadv.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [santuario-commits] 20210917 svn commit: r1076843 - in /websites/production/santuario/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html javaindex.html secadv.data/CVE-2021-40690.txt.asc secadv.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-5065 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-r237-w2w6-jq3p (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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