CVE-2013-6440
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in OpenSAML
EPSS 0.75%
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.
How to fix CVE-2013-6440
To remediate CVE-2013-6440, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/org.opensaml:opensaml—upgrade to 2.6.1 or later
Is CVE-2013-6440 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.6.1