What is CVE-2013-4152?

CVE-2013-4152 is a vulnerability in Springsource Spring Framework, classified under CWE-264. Published 2014-01-23.

Is CVE-2013-4152 known to be exploited?

8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Springsource Spring Framework

CVE-2013-4152

The Spring OXM wrapper in Spring Framework before 3.2.4 and 4.0.0.M1, when using the JAXB marshaller, does not disable entity resolution, which allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference in a (1) DOMSource, (2) StAXSource, (3) SAXSource, or (4) StreamSource, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Published 2014-01-23 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.256 (97.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.255 · newest: 0.256 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Springsource Spring Framework — versions 3.0.0, 3.0.0.m1, 3.0.0.m2
VMware Spring Framework — versions 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/pull/317/files (Patch)
www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-4152 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/61951 (vdb-entry)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Nov/14 (mailing-list)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0254.html (vendor-advisory)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Aug/154 (mailing-list)
www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2842 (vendor-advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0212.html (vendor-advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html (vendor-advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0245.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-4152?: CVE-2013-4152 is a vulnerability in Springsource Spring Framework, classified under CWE-264. Published 2014-01-23.
Is CVE-2013-4152 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.