CVE-2013-7285

CRITICALImmediate

Published:May 15, 2019(7 years ago)

Modified:May 23, 2025

Remote ExploitNo Auth RequiredNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability Description

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.

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
oracle	endeca_information_discovery_studio	-	-
apache	activemq	-	-
xstream	xstream	1.4.6

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
May 15, 20197 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
May 23, 202512 months ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploi...Broken Link
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/69Mailing List
http://web.archive.org/web/20140204133306/http://blog.diniscruz.com/20...Third Party Advisory

CVSS Score

v3.1

9.8/ 10.0

CRITICAL

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

oracle / endeca_information_discovery_studio

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c2...Mailing List

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c646...Mailing List

https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00604.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00607.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2013-7285.htmlExploit

http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploi...Broken Link

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/69Mailing List

http://web.archive.org/web/20140204133306/http://blog.diniscruz.com/20...Third Party Advisory

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c2...Mailing List

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c646...Mailing List

https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00604.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00607.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2013-7285.htmlExploit

CVSS v3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityHigh

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityHigh

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2013-7285

✦ Vulnerability Description

Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

References

CVSS Score

At a Glance

Official Sources

CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description