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CVE-2014-0107

The TransformerFactory in Apache Xalan-Java before 2.7.2 does not properly restrict access to certain properties when FE

The TransformerFactory in Apache Xalan-Java before 2.7.2 does not properly restrict access to certain properties when FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING is enabled, which allows remote attackers to bypass expected restrictions and load arbitrary classes or access external resources via a crafted (1) xalan:content-header, (2) xalan:entities, (3) xslt:content-header, or (4) xslt:entities property, or a Java property that is bound to the XSLT 1.0 system-property function.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.05863
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  • EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

3

Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven xalan:xalan HIGH fixed in 2.7.2

Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD15 Apr 2014 · 11:13 PM

Vendor Advisories

18
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10404-1
rhsaRHSA-2015:1888Important
rhsaRHSA-2014:1351Moderate
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References & Sources

39
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