CVE-2014-0096java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which…
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java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
- CVSS
- 4.3 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 14, 2026
Affected products
apache tomcat apache:tomcat | 7.0.0; 7.0.0; 7.0.1; 7.0.2; 7.0.2; 7.0.3; 7.0.4; 7.0.4; and 99 more ranges | NVD |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0268.htmlx-refsource-confirm
- http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7010166x-refsource-confirm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67667vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59121third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59732third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59835third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.htmlx-refsource-confirm
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681528x-refsource-confirm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:052vendor-advisory, x-refsource-mandriva
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59849third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0865.htmlx-refsource-confirm
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578637x-refsource-confirm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:084vendor-advisory, x-refsource-mandriva
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030301vdb-entry, x-refsource-sectrack
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530vendor-advisory, x-refsource-debian
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59678third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2vendor-advisory, x-refsource-hp
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.htmlx-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threadedmailing-list, x-refsource-bugtraq
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:053vendor-advisory, x-refsource-mandriva
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlx-refsource-confirm
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150282.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-fedora
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/135
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59873
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60729
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578610
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578611
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578655
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1585853
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlvendor-advisory
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