Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Spring Framework - CVE-2013-7315
Published: April 24, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88950
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7315
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to Spring MVC in Spring Framework does not disable external entity resolution for the StAX XMLInputFactory. A remote attacker can read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML with JAXB, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Affected software
Spring Framework
MobileFirst Platform
MobileFirst Platform
How to mitigate CVE-2013-7315
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
Spring Framework - update to 3.2.4
MobileFirst Platform - update to 8.0.0.0-MFPF-IF202301121031
MobileFirst Platform - update to 8.0.0.0-MFPF-IF202301121031