CVE-2013-7285

Exp

Xstream API versions up to 1.4.6 and version 1.4.10, if the security framework has not been initialized, may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary shell commands by manipulating the processed input stream when unmarshaling XML or any supported format. e.g. JSON.

Published: 2019-05-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-7285 is rated High Exploit Risk (94.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 84.36%, 100th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +65.59% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-7285

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
39193 exploit_db edb 2016-01-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-7285

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 18.77% 84.36% +65.59%
2 2026-05-19 14.82% 18.77% +3.95%
3 2026-03-04 — 14.82% —

Full EPSS history (60 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-7285

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-7285

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-7285

GHSA-f554-x222-wgf7 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: maven — Command Injection in Xstream

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-7285

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-7285 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libxstream-java), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7285
gentoo normal CVE-2013-7285: 1 GLSA(s) (201612-35), 1 atom(s) (dev-java/xstream); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-7285
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7285
suse critical CVE-2013-7285 severity critical: SUSE including 1 source package names (xstream), 16 product×package rows across 16 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, … (16 product lines)): Known Not Affected 16. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7285/
ubuntu low CVE-2013-7285 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libxstream-java), 16 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 11, released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7285

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-7285

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle endeca_information_discovery_studio 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:endeca_information_discovery_studio:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.15.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.15.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xstream xstream <= 1.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xstream xstream 1.4.10 cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-7285

URL Tags
http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Broken Link Not Applicable URL Repurposed
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/69 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://web.archive.org/web/20140204133306/http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00604.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00607.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Third Party Advisory
https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2013-7285.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
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