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…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 84.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- XStream <1.4.6/1.4.10 - Remote Code Execution (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2013/CVE-2013-7285.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB1 entry
- OpenMRS Reporting Module 0.9.7 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 39193webapps, javapublished 7 Jan 2016Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 84.4% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavencom.thoughtworks.xstream:xstreamGHSA-f554-x222-wgf7 (opens in a new tab)
References
9
- [oss-security] 20140109 Re: CVE request: remote code execution via deserialization in XStream (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [xstream-user] 20130717 Re: Is it possible to unregister the DynamicProxyConverter using the SpringOXM wrapper (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [xstream-user] 20130718 Re: Is it possible to unregister the DynamicProxyConverter using the SpringOXM wrapper (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-issues] 20190718 [jira] [Updated] (AMQ-7236) SEV-1 Security vulnerability in spring-expression-4.3.11.RELEASE.jar (spring framework) and xstream-1.4.10.jar (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-issues] 20190826 [jira] [Created] (AMQ-7288) Security Vulnerabilities in ActiveMQ dependent libraries. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2013-7285.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://web.archive.org/web/20140204133306/http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2019-0463 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-f554-x222-wgf7 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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