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CVE-2014-0096

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0096 is a vulnerability in the default servlet of Apache Tomcat versions prior to 6.0.40, 7.0.53, and 8.0.4. It allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files due to improper restriction of XSLT stylesheets, leveraging an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0691 is in the 92nd 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 (28)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 6.0.40
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 7.0.54
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 8.0.6
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaFixed in: 6.0.40
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaFixed in: 7.0.54
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaFixed in: 8.0.6
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: tomcat6-0:6.0.24-72.el6_5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: tomcat-0:7.0.42-6.el7_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.0Fixed in: jbossweb
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0Fixed in: jbossweb
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6.3Fixed in: jbossweb
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0Fixed in: jbossweb
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: jbossweb-0:7.3.2-4.Final_redhat_3.1.ep6.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: jbossweb-0:7.3.2-4.Final_redhat_3.1.ep6.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: tomcat6-0:6.0.37-20_patch_04.ep6.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.40-14_patch_03.ep6.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat6-0:6.0.37-29_patch_05.ep6.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.40-11_patch_03.ep6.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0Fixed in: jbossweb
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2Fixed in: jbossweb
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0Fixed in: tomcat6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0Fixed in: tomcat7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: tomcat5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5Fixed in: jbossweb
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-qprx-q2r7-3rx6medium

Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-0096Low

Tomcat/JBossWeb: XXE vulnerability via user supplied XSLTs

May 27, 2014

References

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marc.info
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rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html
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seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/May/135
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svn.apache.org / viewvc
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svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
tomcat.apache.org / security-6.html
Vendor Advisory
tomcat.apache.org / security-7.html
Vendor Advisory
tomcat.apache.org / security-8.html
Vendor Advisory
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oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
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securityfocus.com / archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
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