CVE-2013-4590

17

FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4590 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Apache Tomcat versions prior to 6.0.39, 7.0.50, and 8.0.0-RC10, as well as various Debian and Oracle products utilizing these Tomcat versions. An attacker can exploit this by deploying an untrusted web application containing specific XML documents with external entity declarations, leading to the disclosure of "Tomcat internals" information. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0.0:rc1::::::
		8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0.0:rc2::::::
		8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0.0:rc3::::::
		8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0.0:rc4::::::
		8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0.0:rc5::::::

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

9.49%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

94.9%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0949 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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 (54)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 6.0.39

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 7.0.50

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 8.0.0-RC10

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: tomcat6-0:6.0.24-78.el6_5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: antlr-eap6-0:2.7.7-17.redhat_4.1.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: apache-commons-collections-eap6-0:3.2.1-15.redhat_3.1.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: apache-commons-daemon-eap6-1:1.0.15-5.redhat_1.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: apache-commons-daemon-jsvc-eap6-1:1.0.15-6.redhat_2.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: apache-commons-pool-eap6-0:1.6-7.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: dom4j-eap6-0:1.6.1-20.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: ecj3-1:3.7.2-9.redhat_3.1.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: hibernate4-eap6-0:4.2.14-3.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: httpd-0:2.2.26-35.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: javassist-eap6-0:3.18.1-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: jboss-logging-0:3.1.4-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: jboss-transaction-api_1.1_spec-0:1.0.1-12.Final_redhat_2.2.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: mod_cluster-0:1.2.9-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: mod_cluster-native-0:1.2.9-3.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: mod_jk-0:1.2.40-2.redhat_1.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: mod_rt-0:2.4.1-6.GA.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: mod_snmp-0:2.4.1-13.GA.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: storeconfig-tc6-0:0.0.1-7.Alpha3_redhat_12.3.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: storeconfig-tc7-0:0.0.1-7.Alpha3_redhat_12.5.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: tomcat6-0:6.0.41-6_patch_02.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.54-6_patch_02.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: tomcat-native-0:1.1.30-2.redhat_1.ep6.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: antlr-eap6-0:2.7.7-17.redhat_4.1.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: apache-commons-collections-eap6-0:3.2.1-15.redhat_3.1.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: apache-commons-daemon-eap6-1:1.0.15-5.redhat_1.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: apache-commons-daemon-jsvc-eap6-1:1.0.15-6.redhat_2.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: apache-commons-logging-eap6-0:1.1.1-7.9_redhat_1.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: apache-commons-pool-eap6-0:1.6-7.redhat_6.1.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: dom4j-eap6-0:1.6.1-20.redhat_6.1.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: ecj3-1:3.7.2-9.redhat_3.1.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: hibernate4-eap6-0:4.2.14-3.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: httpd-0:2.2.26-35.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: javassist-eap6-0:3.18.1-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: jboss-logging-0:3.1.4-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: jboss-transaction-api_1.1_spec-0:1.0.1-12.Final_redhat_2.2.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: mod_cluster-0:1.2.9-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: mod_cluster-native-0:1.2.9-3.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: mod_jk-0:1.2.40-2.redhat_1.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: mod_rt-0:2.4.1-6.GA.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: mod_snmp-0:2.4.1-13.GA.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: storeconfig-tc6-0:0.0.1-7.Alpha3_redhat_12.3.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: storeconfig-tc7-0:0.0.1-7.Alpha3_redhat_12.5.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat6-0:6.0.41-5_patch_02.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.54-6_patch_02.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat-native-0:1.1.30-2.redhat_1.ep6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1Fixed in: tomcat6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1Fixed in: tomcat7

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: tomcat5

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1Fixed in: tomcat5

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1Fixed in: tomcat6

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-87w9-x2c3-hrjjmedium

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Tomcat

redhatCVE-2013-4590Low

tomcat: information disclosure via XXE when running untrusted web applications

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0148.html

Third Party Advisory

Mailing List

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi

Issue Tracking

secunia.com / advisories/59036

Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

secunia.com / advisories/59722

Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

secunia.com / advisories/59724

Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

secunia.com / advisories/59873

Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

h20564.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay

lists.apache.org / thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

svn.apache.org / viewvc

Issue Tracking

svn.apache.org / viewvc

Issue Tracking

svn.apache.org / viewvc

Issue Tracking

tomcat.apache.org / security-6.html

Vendor Advisory

tomcat.apache.org / security-7.html

Vendor Advisory

tomcat.apache.org / security-8.html

Vendor Advisory

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss

Third Party Advisory

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss

Third Party Advisory

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss

Third Party Advisory

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss

Third Party Advisory

debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3530

Third Party Advisory

mandriva.com / security/advisories

Third Party Advisory

mandriva.com / security/advisories

Third Party Advisory

oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html

Third Party Advisory

oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html

securityfocus.com / bid/65768

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html