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CVE-2013-4271

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4271 describes a critical deserialization vulnerability in Restlet versions prior to 2.1.4, specifically within the default configuration of the ObjectRepresentation class. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary Java code by submitting specially crafted serialized objects. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:restlet:restlet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:restlet:restlet:2.1:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:restlet:restlet:2.1:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:restlet:restlet:2.1:milestone3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:restlet:restlet:2.1:milestone4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0283 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.restlet.jse:org.restletFixed in: 2.1.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-f3mv-g3xr-fp7whigh

Restlet Arbitrary Java Code Execution via a serialized object

May 17, 2022

References

restlet.org / learn/2.1/changes
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1410.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1862.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
github.com / restlet/restlet-framework-java/issues/778
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory