Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Pivotal Spring Framework - CVE-2013-7315
Published: April 24, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88950
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7315
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Pivotal
Affected software:
Pivotal Spring Framework
Pivotal Spring Framework
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-7315
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..