CVE-2016-3674

XStream: enabled processing of external entities

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 15, 2016

Updated · May 15, 2026

Description

It was found that several XML parsers used by XStream had default settings that would expand entity references. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server, and potentially perform other more advanced XXE attacks.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS 2.0 · 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference