CVE-2014-0096 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2014-0096

java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40,...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

tomcat
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.12, 7.0.13, 7.0.14, 7.0.15, 7.0.16, 7.0.17, 7.0.18, 7.0.19, 7.0.20, 7.0.21, 7.0.22, 7.0.23, 7.0.24, 7.0.25, 7.0.26, 7.0.27, 7.0.28, 7.0.29, 7.0.30, 7.0.31, 7.0.32, 7.0.33, 7.0.34, 7.0.35, 7.0.36, 7.0.37, 7.0.38, 7.0.39, 7.0.40, 7.0.41, 7.0.42, 7.0.43, 7.0.44, 7.0.45, 7.0.46, 7.0.47, 7.0.48, 7.0.49, 7.0.50, 7.0.52, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.3, 0, 6, 6.0, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 6.0.7, 6.0.8, 6.0.9, 6.0.10, 6.0.11, 6.0.12, 6.0.13, 6.0.14, 6.0.15, 6.0.16, 6.0.17, 6.0.18, 6.0.19, 6.0.20, 6.0.24, 6.0.26, 6.0.27, 6.0.28, 6.0.29, 6.0.30, 6.0.31, 6.0.32, 6.0.33, 6.0.35, 6.0.36, 6.0.37

Timeline

Official Publish: May 31st, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.