{"id":"CVE-2014-0096","title":"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 sec…","summary":"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 sec…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.3,"cvssVector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-264"],"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","affected":["tomcat = 7.0.0","tomcat = 7.0.1","tomcat = 7.0.2","tomcat = 7.0.3","tomcat = 7.0.4","tomcat = 7.0.5","tomcat = 7.0.6","tomcat = 7.0.7","tomcat = 7.0.8","tomcat = 7.0.9","tomcat = 7.0.10","tomcat = 7.0.11","tomcat = 7.0.12","tomcat = 7.0.13","tomcat = 7.0.14","tomcat = 7.0.15","tomcat = 7.0.16","tomcat = 7.0.17","tomcat = 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6.0.16","tomcat = 6.0.17","tomcat = 6.0.18","tomcat = 6.0.19","tomcat = 6.0.20","tomcat = 6.0.24","tomcat = 6.0.26","tomcat = 6.0.27","tomcat = 6.0.28","tomcat = 6.0.29","tomcat = 6.0.30","tomcat = 6.0.31","tomcat = 6.0.32","tomcat = 6.0.33","tomcat = 6.0.35","tomcat = 6.0.36","tomcat = 6.0.37"],"published":"2014-05-31","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T17:17:29.553","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0096","references":[{"url":"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0268.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0865.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150282.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/135","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59121","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59616","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59678","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59732","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59835","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59849","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59873","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/60729","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578610","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578611","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578637","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578655","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1585853","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678231","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681528","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3552","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:052","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:053","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:084","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7010166","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67667","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030301","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40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Overview\n\njava/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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `tomcat = 7.0.0`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.1`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.2`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.3`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.4`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.5`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.6`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.7`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.8`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.9`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.10`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.11`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.12`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.13`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.14`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.15`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.16`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.17`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.18`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.19`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.20`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.21`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.22`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.23`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.24`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.25`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.26`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.27`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.28`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.29`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.30`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.31`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.32`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.33`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.34`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.35`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.36`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.37`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.38`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.39`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.40`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.41`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.42`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.43`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.44`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.45`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.46`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.47`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.48`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.49`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.50`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.52`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.0`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.1`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.3`\n- `tomcat <= 6.0.39`\n- `tomcat = 6`\n- `tomcat = 6.0`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.0`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.1`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.2`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.3`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.4`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.5`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.6`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.7`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.8`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.9`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.10`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.11`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.12`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.13`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.14`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.15`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.16`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.17`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.18`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.19`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.20`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.24`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.26`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.27`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.28`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.29`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.30`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.31`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.32`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.33`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.35`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.36`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.37`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":25,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":23.7,"likelihood":1.4,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}