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CVE-2014-0225

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')
Publication date:
25/05/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

When processing user provided XML documents, the Spring Framework 4.0.0 to 4.0.4, 3.0.0 to 3.2.8, and possibly earlier unsupported versions did not disable by default the resolution of URI references in a DTD declaration. This enabled an XXE attack.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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