CVE-2013-6429

The SourceHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.RC1 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, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4152 and CVE-2013-7315.

Published: 2014-01-26 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-6429 is rated Moderate Risk (56.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 38.73%, 97th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6429

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 2026-03-17 44.36% 38.73% -5.64%
2 2025-11-17 58.21% 44.36% -13.85%
3 2025-07-13 — 58.21% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6429

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-6429

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-6429

GHSA-g6hf-f9cq-q7w7 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Cross-Site Request Forgery in Spring Framework

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6429

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-6429 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libspring-java), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6429
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6429
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-6429 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libspring-java), 16 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 10, not-affected 4, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6429

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6429

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pivotal_software spring_framework >= 3.0.0, <= 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.0.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.0.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6429

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