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high 8.8

CVE-2014-0225 json

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Spring Framework

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-f93f-g33r-8pcp , EUVD-2022-3731

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

When processing user provided XML documents, the Spring Framework 4.0.0 to 4.0.4, 3.0.0 to 3.2.8, and possibly earlier unsupported versions did not disable by default the resolution of URI references in a DTD declaration. This enabled an XXE attack.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.springframework:spring-webmvc 3.2.8, 4.0.5
  • libspring-java Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.6.RELEASE-14

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0225

  • libspring-java Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.0.6.RELEASE-13ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0225

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0225 updated cvss 5.0

Framework: Information disclosure via SSRF

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 activemq
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 jasperreports-server-pro
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 spring Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 spring Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 spring Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 activemq
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.1 Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1351
  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 spring Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 spring Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 spring
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework:spring-webmvc
>=4.0.0, <4.0.5
>=3.0.0, <3.2.8
4.0.5
3.2.8

Affected products

  • Pivotal Spring Framework

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
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