XML External Entity injection in Spring Web Services - CVE-2019-3773
Published: January 24, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17185
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3773
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Pivotal
Affected software:
Spring Web Services
Spring Web Services
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct XXE-attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of XML External Entities (XXEs) when parsing an XML file. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted input and obtain potentially sensitive information or cause the service to crash
How to mitigate CVE-2019-3773
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 2.4.4, 3.0.6.