CVE-2013-6429
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.
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Key data
EPSS
- Score
- 0.90560 (90.6% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.8%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
References
- 20140114 CVE-2013-6429 Fix for XML External Entity (XXE) injection (CVE-2013-4152) in Spring Framework was incomplete (securityfocus.com)mailing-list
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?d…
- jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-11078?page=com.atlassian.j…
- gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-6429
- RHSA-2014:0400 (rhn.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- 64947 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
- 57915 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
Timeline
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- Record published
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