CVE-2019-3773 Spring Web Services XML External Entity Injection (XXE)
Attackers can exploit XML External Entity injection in Spring Web Services to read sensitive data or cause denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-3773?
CVE-2019-3773 is a critical vulnerability in Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure, published on 18 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Spring Web Services, versions 2.4.3, 3.0.4, and older unsupported versions of all three projects, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) when receiving XML data from untrusted sources.
Weakness: CWE-611
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3773?
8 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework.ws:spring-ws and org.springframework.ws:spring-xml. It affects 3 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework.ws:spring-ws Maven | All versions | 2.4.4 |
org.springframework.ws:spring-ws Maven | All versions | 2.4.4 |
org.springframework.ws:spring-ws Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.0.6 |
org.springframework.ws:spring-ws Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.0.6 |
org.springframework.ws:spring-xml Maven | All versions | 2.4.4 |
org.springframework.ws:spring-xml Maven | All versions | 2.4.4 |
2 more packages
org.springframework.ws:spring-xml Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.0.6 |
org.springframework.ws:spring-xml Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.0.6 |
Products include Broadcom Spring Web Services, Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure, Oracle Flexcube Private Banking.
How do I fix CVE-2019-3773?
Upgrade org.springframework.ws:spring-ws to a fixed version for your release line: 2.4.4 or 3.0.6.
Is CVE-2019-3773 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3773 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure
- CVE-2026-40999 Spring WS SSRF via unvalidated WS-Addressing reply destinations
- CVE-2026-40994 Wss4jSecurityInterceptor disables WS-I BSP validation by default
- CVE-2026-40998 Jaxp13 XPath XXE via StreamSource and SAXSource
- CVE-2026-40995 X.509 authentication bypasses Spring Security account checks
- CVE-2026-40997 SOAP security faults leak Spring Security account state
All Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8222-6fc8-mhvf.