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medium 4.3

CVE-2014-3004 json

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Castor

published 2014-06-11 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-jwwr-fjgh-cv2x , EUVD-2022-4455

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.1%
EPSS 9.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The default configuration for the Xerces SAX Parser in Castor before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML document.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.codehaus.castor:castor 1.3.3

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-2014-3004 updated cvss 5.0

castor: XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML document

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 castor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 castor, castor-xml, castor-demo, castor-test, castor-javadoc Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 jasperreports-server-pro
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4 castor-xml
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”

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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-39205)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-39205 Castor Library - XML External Entity Information Disclosure remote, 2014-05-27
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/142 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126854/Castor-Library-XXE-Disclosure.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.codehaus.castor:castor
<1.3.3
1.3.3
maven castor:castor
<=1.0
 no fix listed

Classification

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

References

Sources

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