Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-3674

Title: Xstream XML External Entity (XXE)

XXE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-3674.

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date May 17, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
8.18%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-3674: Multiple XML external entity (XXE) vulnerabilities in the (1) Dom4JDriver, (2) DomDriver, (3) JDomDriver, (4) JDom2Driver, (5) SjsxpDriver, (6) StandardStaxDriver, and (7) WstxDriver drivers in XStream before 1.4.9 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document.

Impacted Vendors

X
xstream 1
R
redhat 1

Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183180.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183208.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3575 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/25/8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/28/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85381 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036419 http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.9 https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/25 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183180.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183208.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3575 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/25/8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/28/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85381 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036419 http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.9 https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/25
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-3674 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.