The TransformerFactory in Apache Xalan-Java before 2.7.2 does not properly restrict access to certain properties when…

Description

The TransformerFactory in Apache Xalan-Java before 2.7.2 does not properly restrict access to certain properties when FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING is enabled, which allows remote attackers to bypass expected restrictions and load arbitrary classes or access external resources via a crafted (1) xalan:content-header, (2) xalan:entities, (3) xslt:content-header, or (4) xslt:entities property, or a Java property that is bound to the XSLT 1.0 system-property function.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

14.1% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenxalan:xalanGHSA-rc2w-r4jq-7pfx (opens in a new tab)

References (39)

• GLSA-201604-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 59291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59290 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1888 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 59151 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59247 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59515 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-2886 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 60502 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59369 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59711 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 57563 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 66397 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 1034711 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 1034716 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:1351 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0348 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 59036 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• apache-xalanjava-cve20140107-sec-bypass(92023) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• [drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XALANJ-2435 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676093 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21677967 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21677145 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681933 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21674334 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1581058 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21680703 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20210823 [Bug 65516] New: upgrade to xalan 2.7.2 to address CVE-2014-0107 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20210823 [Bug 65516] upgrade to xalan 2.7.2 to address CVE-2014-0107 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-rc2w-r4jq-7pfx (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 09:05 UTC.