CVE-2013-6429

N/A Unknown
Published: January 26, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The SourceHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.RC1 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4152 and CVE-2013-7315.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57915
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-6429
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530770/100/0/threaded
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64947
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-11078?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:worklog-tabpanel
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57915
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-6429
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530770/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64947
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-11078?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:worklog-tabpanel
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
38.7%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352 CWE-611

Affected Vendors

vmware pivotal_software

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