CVE-2013-4152 Cross-Site Request Forgery in Spring Framework
Attackers can read arbitrary files and cause denial of service via XML External Entity injection in Spring Framework's JAXB marshaller.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-4152?
CVE-2013-4152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Spring Framework, published on 23 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Spring OXM wrapper in Spring Framework before 3.2.4 and 4.0.0.M1, when using the JAXB marshaller, does not disable entity resolution, which allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference in a (1) DOMSource, (2) StAXSource, (3) SAXSource, or (4) StreamSource, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4152?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework:spring-oxm. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework:spring-oxm Maven | All versions | 3.2.4.RELEASE |
org.springframework:spring-oxm Maven | All versions | 3.2.4.RELEASE |
Products include Springsource Spring Framework, Vmware Spring Framework.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4152?
Upgrade org.springframework:spring-oxm to 3.2.4.RELEASE or later.
Is CVE-2013-4152 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4152 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Spring Framework
Sources
Also known as CLSA-2026-1780620680, DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4152, GHSA-rp4p-g69r-438x, MGASA-2014-0042.