CVE-2013-6429: pivotal_software spring_framework Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-6429 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in pivotal_software spring_framework. EPSS estimates a 90.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 26-01-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The SourceHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.RC1 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, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4152 and CVE-2013-7315.

• CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.
• CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceThe product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.