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CVE-2014-0225

Published: May 25, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-611
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 25.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

When processing user provided XML documents, the Spring Framework 4.0.0 to 4.0.4, 3.0.0 to 3.2.8, and possibly earlier unsupported versions did not disable by default the resolution of URI references in a DTD declaration. This enabled an XXE attack.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-611

Affected Products

Pivotal
commercial·USaka pivotal software
Spring FrameworkLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
pivotal software
commercial·USaka pivotal
spring frameworkLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
vmware
commercial·USaka vmware inc
spring frameworkLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.springframework:spring-webmvc
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
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References

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2014-0225
pivotal.io
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0225
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/44ee51a6c9c3734b3fcf9a20817117e86047d753
github.com
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