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,…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 25.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 8 months later
· 8 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 25.6% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.springframework:spring-oxmGHSA-rp4p-g69r-438x (opens in a new tab)
References
13
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/pull/317/files (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-4152 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61951 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20131102 XXE Injection in Spring Framework (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0254 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20130822 CVE-2013-4152 XML External Entity (XXE) injection in Spring Framework (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-2842 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0212 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0400 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0245 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 57915 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-10806 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 56247 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2022-5203 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-rp4p-g69r-438x (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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