`CVE-2014-0054`

Affected software	2 products, listed below
Severity	6.8 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed in	`3.2.8`, `4.0.2`
Weakness	Cross-site request forgery (CWE-352)
Published	17 Apr 2014
Updated	17 Jun 2026

Description

The Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.8 and 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4152, CVE-2013-7315, and CVE-2013-6429.

Exploitation status

Forecast only (91% 30-day chance)

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. EPSS puts this CVE in the top 0.19% of all scored CVEs. That is a model's forecast, not a report of exploitation.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 91% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs.

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

Protection full
Action available security rule
Review human Researcher
Record active

Decided by	Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding	A manual classification set this CVE's status to Protected by Waratek.

Decided by

Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

Finding

A manual classification set this CVE's status to Protected by Waratek.

How to mitigate CVE-2014-0054

Upgrade the affected software to a release that fixes it: 3.2.8 or 4.0.2. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with a security rule that blocks this kind of attack. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

org.springframework:spring-webmvc 0 3.2.8 unbounded

org.springframework:spring-webmvc 4.0.0 4.0.2 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.springframework:spring-webmvc`	0	`3.2.8`	unbounded
`org.springframework:spring-webmvc`	4.0.0	`4.0.2`	unbounded

Products and versions

3 products, 36 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
osv	org.springframework	spring-webmvc	generic	＜ 3.2.8 · ≥ 4.0.0 and ＜ 4.0.2
nvd	springsource	spring framework	generic	3.0.0 · 3.0.0:m1 · 3.0.0:m2 · 3.0.0:m3 · 3.0.0:m4 · 3.0.0:rc1 · 3.0.0:rc2 · 3.0.0:rc3 · 3.0.0.m1 · 3.0.0.m2 · 3.0.1 · 3.0.2 · 3.0.3 · 3.0.4 · 3.0.5 · 3.2.5 · 3.2.6 · 4.0.0:rc1 · 4.0.1
nvd	vmware	spring framework	generic	3.0.6 · 3.0.7 · 3.1.0 · 3.1.1 · 3.1.2 · 3.1.3 · 3.1.4 · 3.2.0 · 3.2.1 · 3.2.2 · 3.2.3 · 3.2.4 · ≤ 3.2.7 · 4.0.0:milestone1 · 4.0.0:milestone2

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

osv

org.springframework

spring-webmvc

generic

＜ 3.2.8 · ≥ 4.0.0 and ＜ 4.0.2

nvd

springsource

spring framework

generic

3.0.0 · 3.0.0:m1 · 3.0.0:m2 · 3.0.0:m3 · 3.0.0:m4 · 3.0.0:rc1 · 3.0.0:rc2 · 3.0.0:rc3 · 3.0.0.m1 · 3.0.0.m2 · 3.0.1 · 3.0.2 · 3.0.3 · 3.0.4 · 3.0.5 · 3.2.5 · 3.2.6 · 4.0.0:rc1 · 4.0.1

nvd

vmware

spring framework

generic

3.0.6 · 3.0.7 · 3.1.0 · 3.1.1 · 3.1.2 · 3.1.3 · 3.1.4 · 3.2.0 · 3.2.1 · 3.2.2 · 3.2.3 · 3.2.4 · ≤ 3.2.7 · 4.0.0:milestone1 · 4.0.0:milestone2

References

URL	Tags
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/16003	WEB
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/1a8629d40825c073b6863ae2ab748b647b28506a	WEB
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/1c5cab2a4069ec3239c531d741aeb07a434f521b	WEB
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/edba32b3093703d5e9ed42b5b8ec23ecc1998398	WEB
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/fb0683c066e74e9667d6cd8c5fa01f674c68c3be	WEB
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html	WEB
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html	WEB
http://secunia.com/advisories/57915	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66148
https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-11376	Vendor Advisory

URL

Timeline

Published	2014-04-17	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2014-04-17

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (5 of 24 rules ran)

5 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification decided it matched Protected by Waratek Found in legacy manual classifications

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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