Is CVE-2013-6429 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-6429 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-11.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-6429?

CVE-2013-6429 has a CVSS score of 6.8 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2013-6429?

Patch guidance is available from pivotal software security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2013-6429.

CVE-2013-6429 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2013-6429?

4 products: pivotal software spring framework, vmware spring framework, vmware spring framework, vmware spring framework.

Description

The SourceHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.RC1 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, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4152 and CVE-2013-7315.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: medium
Auth: none
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: partial
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery CWE-611 · XML External Entity (XXE)

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PIVOTAL_SOFTWARE
Published: 1/26/2014
Last Modified: 4/11/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

pivotal_software : spring_frameworkvmware : spring_frameworkvmware : spring_frameworkvmware : spring_framework

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD