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CVE-2014-3004

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3004 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the default configuration of the Xerces SAX Parser within Castor versions prior to 1.3.3, affecting Castor and OpenSUSE products. This medium-complexity vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) allows unauthenticated attackers to disclose sensitive information via specially crafted XML documents. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-39205) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:castor_project:castor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:castor_project:castor:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:castor_project:castor:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39205 · May 27, 2014
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0779 is in the 93rd 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 (5)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.codehaus.castor:castorFixed in: 1.3.3
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: castor
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: castor
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: jasperreports-server-pro
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4Fixed in: castor-xml

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-jwwr-fjgh-cv2xmedium

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Castor

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-3004Moderate

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

May 27, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00043.html
Third Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/126854/Castor-Library-XXE-Disclosure.html
Exploit
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/May/142
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/59427
quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com / quickview/bug/CSCvm56811
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
securityfocus.com / bid/67676
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