CVE-2014-3004
The default configuration for the Xerces SAX Parser in Castor before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 9.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The default configuration for the Xerces SAX Parser in Castor before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML document.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Castor Library - XML External Entity Information Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 39205remote, multiplepublished 27 May 2014Verified
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
- 47 days later
· 47 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.1% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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.
- Mavencastor:castorGHSA-jwwr-fjgh-cv2x (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.codehaus.castor:castorGHSA-jwwr-fjgh-cv2x (opens in a new tab)
References
8
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0822 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20140527 CVE-2014-3004 - Castor Library Default Config could lead to XML External Entity (XXE) Attacks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 59427 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 67676 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126854/Castor-Library-XXE-Disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvm56811 (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-2022-4455 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jwwr-fjgh-cv2x (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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