GHSA-4p4w-6h54-g885 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Input Validation in Apache Santuario XML Security
Apache Santuario XML Security for Java before 1.5.6, when applying Transforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted Document Type Definitions (DTDs), related to signatures.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4517 is rated Moderate Risk (50.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.86%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 8.39% | 8.86% | +0.47% |
| 2 | 2026-04-20 | 14.93% | 8.39% | -6.53% |
| 3 | 2026-03-13 | — | 14.93% | — |
Full EPSS history (24 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-4p4w-6h54-g885 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Input Validation in Apache Santuario XML Security
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2013-4517 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libxml-security-java), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4517 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4517 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2013-4517 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libxml-security-java), 24 status rows across 24 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 16, not-affected 7, DNE 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4517 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | <= 1.5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.4.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.4.3 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.4.4 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.4.6 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.4.7 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.4.8 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | santuario_xml_security_for_java | 1.5.4 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |