CVE-2013-6440
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 2.8% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-5302)
- Published
- February 14, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-5302 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- internet2 / opensaml
- internet2 / opensaml
- internet2 / opensaml
- shibboleth / opensaml
- shibboleth / opensaml
- shibboleth / opensaml
- shibboleth / opensaml
- shibboleth / opensaml
- shibboleth / opensaml
- shibboleth / opensaml
- shibboleth / opensaml
- shibboleth / opensaml
References
- http://blog.sendsafely.com/post/69590974866/web-based-single-sign-on-and-the-dangers-of-saml-xml
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0170.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0171.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0172.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0195.html
- http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20131213.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043332
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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