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CVE-2014-3004 (GCVE-0-2014-3004)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-11 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:28
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Summary
The default configuration for the Xerces SAX Parser in Castor before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML document.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2014-05-27 00:00
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