Insecure XML deserialization The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream (opens in a new tab)
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- published22 Dec 2013
- disclosed22 Dec 2013
- creditDinis Cruz
Introduced: 22 Dec 2013
CVE-2013-7285 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
This was deemed not a vulnerability.
Overview
com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again.
XStream could deserialize arbitrary user-supplied XML content, representing objects of any type. A remote attacker able to pass XML to XStream could use this flaw to perform a variety of attacks, including remote code execution in the context of the server running the XStream application