Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Castor
Date: 2022-05
Affected: maven/castor:castor, maven/org.codehaus.castor:castor
Attack vector: other
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Medium
CVE: CVE-2014-3004
CWE: CWE-611

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.


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