restlet/restlet-framework-java · Security
Restlet is vulnerable to Arbitrary Java Code Execution via crafted XML
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-92j2-5r7p-6hjw
- CVE ID
- CVE-2013-4221
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
Description
The default configuration of the ObjectRepresentation class in Restlet before 2.1.4 deserializes objects from untrusted sources using the Java XMLDecoder, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via crafted XML.
CWEs
- CWE-91 · XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4221 ↗
- https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/issues/774 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995275 ↗
- http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/08/using-xmldecoder-to-execute-server-side.html ↗
- http://restlet.org/learn/2.1/changes ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1410.html ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1862.html ↗
- https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/commit/b85c2ef182c69c5e2e21df008ccb249ccf80c7b ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-92j2-5r7p-6hjw ↗