Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard Affecting xalan-j2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
14.07% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-XALANJ2-9854809
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed24 Mar 2014

Introduced: 24 Mar 2014

CVE-2014-0107  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-358  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 xalan-j2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xalan-j2 package and not the xalan-j2 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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