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CVE-2013-5855

Published: Jul 17, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-79
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
4.7%
Top 9.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Oracle Mojarra 2.2.x before 2.2.6 and 2.1.x before 2.1.28 does not perform appropriate encoding when a (1) <h:outputText> tag or (2) EL expression is used after a scriptor style block, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via application-specific vectors.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

n/an/a
mojarraoracle
On-prem
Databases / relational
WebLogic ServerOracle Corp.
On-prem
Databases / cache-message-queue
org.glassfish:javax.facesMavenOSS Libraries
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.
oracle corp.commercialUSDatabasesaka oracle
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/JSF-outputText-tag-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ba-p/6368011#.U8ccVPlXZHU
h30499.www3.hp.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html
rhn.redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Jul 17, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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