CVE-2013-2172
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 5.9%EU EUVD
jcp/xml/dsig/internal/dom/DOMCanonicalizationMethod.java in Apache Santuario XML Security for Java 1.4.x before 1.4.8 and 1.5.x before 1.5.5 allows context-dependent attackers to spoof an XML Signature by using the CanonicalizationMethod parameter to specify an arbitrary weak "canonicalization algorithm to apply to the SignedInfo part of the Signature."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 5.9% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-5065)
- Published
- August 20, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-5065 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
- apache / santuario xml security for java
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1207.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1208.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1209.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1217.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1218.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1219.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1220.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1375.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1853.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0212.html
- http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2172.txt.asc(Vendor Advisory)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54019(Vendor Advisory)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-java/branches/1.5.x-fixes/src/main/java/org/apache/jcp/xml/dsig/internal/dom/DOMCanonicalizationMethod.java?r1=1353876&r2=1493772&pathrev=1493772&diff_format=h(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3065
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/94651
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60846
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2028-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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