CVE-2014-0225 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Spring Framework versions 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.0.0 to 3.2.8, as well as potentially earlier unsupported versions. The vulnerability arises from the framework's failure to disable URI reference resolution in DTD declarations when processing user-provided XML documents. This issue carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks, low attack complexity, and high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though user interaction is required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.