XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat

CVE-2014-0096 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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