CVE-2013-4152: springsource spring_framework
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-4152 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in springsource spring_framework. EPSS estimates a 25.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 23-01-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
25.63%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.10 pp
From 25.53% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (jira.springsource.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- libspring-java< 3.0.6.RELEASE-10
Mageia1 product
- springframework< 3.1.1-21.1.mga3
Org.springframework1 product
- spring-oxm< 3.2.4.RELEASE
Springsource1 product
- spring_framework3.0.0 | 3.0.0:m1 | 3.0.0:m2 | 3.0.0:m3 | 3.0.0:m4 | 3.0.0:rc1 | 3.0.0:rc2 | 3.0.0:rc3 | 3.0.0.m1 | 3.0.0.m2 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5
Ubuntu1 product
- libspring-java< 3.0.6.RELEASE-10
Vmware1 product
- spring_framework≤ 3.2.3 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.7 | 3.1.0 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 4.0.0:milestone1
6 vendors · 6 products