The Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.8 and 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4152, CVE-2013-7315, and CVE-2013-6429.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0054
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/16003
- https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-11376?redirect=false
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8cmm-qj8g-fcp6