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CVE-2013-6440
The (1) BasicParserPool, (2) StaticBasicParserPool, (3) XML Decrypter, and (4) SAML Decrypter in Shibboleth OpenSAML-Java before 2.6.1 set…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.8%
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- redhat
Description
The (1) BasicParserPool, (2) StaticBasicParserPool, (3) XML Decrypter, and (4) SAML Decrypter in Shibboleth OpenSAML-Java before 2.6.1 set the expandEntityReferences property to true, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML DOCTYPE declaration.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.opensaml:opensamlGHSA-v723-58jv-2qc4 (opens in a new tab)
References (8)
- RHSA-2014:0170 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0195 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0172 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0171 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://blog.sendsafely.com/post/69590974866/web-based-single-sign-on-and-the-dangers-of-saml-xml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20131213.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043332 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-v723-58jv-2qc4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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