CVE-2014-0054 Cross-Site Request Forgery in Spring Framework
Remote attackers can read arbitrary files and cause denial of service via crafted XML due to external entity resolution in Spring MVC.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-0054?
CVE-2014-0054 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Spring Framework, published on 17 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.8 and 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4152, CVE-2013-7315, and CVE-2013-6429.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0054?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework:spring-webmvc. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework:spring-webmvc Maven | All versions | 3.2.8 |
org.springframework:spring-webmvc Maven | All versions | 3.2.8 |
org.springframework:spring-webmvc Maven | From 4.0.0 | 4.0.2 |
org.springframework:spring-webmvc Maven | From 4.0.0 | 4.0.2 |
Products include Springsource Spring Framework, Vmware Spring Framework.
How do I fix CVE-2014-0054?
Upgrade org.springframework:spring-webmvc to a fixed version for your release line: 3.2.8 or 4.0.2.
Is CVE-2014-0054 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0054 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Spring Framework
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0054, GHSA-8cmm-qj8g-fcp6.