CVE-2013-4221

The default configuration of the ObjectRepresentation class in Restlet before 2.1.4 deserializes objects from untrusted sources using the Java XMLDecoder, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via crafted XML.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2013-10-10

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-16, CWE-91

Affected products

• Restlet (Restlet)

References

• http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/08/using-xmldecoder-to-execute-server-side.html
• http://restlet.org/learn/2.1/changes
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1410.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1862.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995275
• https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/issues/774