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CVE-2014-0054

73
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0054 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting the Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC within Spring Framework versions prior to 3.2.8 and 4.0.0 prior to 4.0.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks through specially crafted XML. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited over the network with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. This issue arose from an incomplete fix for previous XXE vulnerabilities. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a low level of public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:springsource:spring_framework:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:springsource:spring_framework:3.0.0:m1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:springsource:spring_framework:3.0.0:m2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:springsource:spring_framework:3.0.0:m3:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:springsource:spring_framework:3.0.0:m4:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
91.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9135 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-webmvcFixed in: 3.2.8
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework:spring-webmvcFixed in: 4.0.2
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: spring-web
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: spring-web

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-8cmm-qj8g-fcp6medium

Cross-Site Request Forgery in Spring Framework

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-0054Moderate

Framework: incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7315/CVE-2013-6429

Jan 31, 2014

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html
secunia.com / advisories/57915
Vendor Advisory
jira.spring.io / browse/SPR-11376
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
securityfocus.com / bid/66148