CVE-2014-0096
java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 6.9% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-5013)
- Published
- May 31, 2014
- NVD last modified
- October 14, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-5013 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 14, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
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References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0268.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0865.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150282.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/135
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59121
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59678
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59732
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59835
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59849
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59873
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60729
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578610
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578611
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578637
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578655
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1585853
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678231
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681528
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3552
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:052
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:053
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:084
- http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7010166
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67667
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030301
Last updated October 16, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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