CVE-2013-4221
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
The default configuration of the ObjectRepresentation class in Restlet before 2.1.4 deserializes objects from untrusted sources using the Java XMLDecoder, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via crafted XML.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-16
- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-3272)
- Published
- October 10, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3272 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
- restlet / restlet
References
- http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/08/using-xmldecoder-to-execute-server-side.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://restlet.org/learn/2.1/changes(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1410.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1862.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995275(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/issues/774(Issue Tracking, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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