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Command Injection in Xstream

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 29, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 4, 2024

Package

maven com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream (Maven)

Affected versions

< 1.4.7
= 1.4.10

Patched versions

1.4.7
1.4.11

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 15, 2019
Reviewed May 15, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 29, 2019
Last updated Mar 4, 2024

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

43.034%
(97th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2013-7285

GHSA ID

GHSA-f554-x222-wgf7

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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