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CVE-2013-6429

65
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-6429 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting the SourceHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC within Spring Framework versions before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.RC1. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks through crafted XML due to a lack of external entity resolution disabling. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is considered of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0.0, <= 3.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.0.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.0.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
90.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9045 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework:spring-webFixed in: 3.2.5.RELEASE
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.1
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Enterprise 1Fixed in: activemq
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: jasperreports-server-pro
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: activemq

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-g6hf-f9cq-q7w7medium

Cross-Site Request Forgery in Spring Framework

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2013-6429Moderate

Framework: XML External Entity (XXE) injection flaw

Jan 14, 2014

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/57915
Third Party Advisory
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
Third Party Advisory
jira.springsource.org / browse/SPR-11078
Third Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
gopivotal.com / security/cve-2013-6429
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/530770/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/64947
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry