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CVE-2014-0096

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
31/05/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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