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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-4590 · published 26 February 2014

CVE-2013-4590: Apache tomcat information exposure vulnerability

Apache · Tomcat

Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 allows attackers to obtain "Tomcat internals" information by leveraging the presence of an untrusted web application with a context.xml, web.xml, *.jspx, *.tagx, or *.tld XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 9.5% · top 4.7% CWE-200 · Information exposure
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
9.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
62References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 allows attackers to obtain "Tomcat internals" information by leveraging the presence of an untrusted web application with a context.xml, web.xml, *.jspx, *.tagx, or *.tld XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0148.html Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2 Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/59036 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59722 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59724 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59873 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1549528 Issue Tracking
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1549529 Issue Tracking
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1558828 Issue Tracking
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21667883 Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675886 Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21677147 Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678231 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:052 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:084 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65768 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069911 Issue Tracking
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.or
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.or
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0148.html Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2 Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/59036 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59722 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59724 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59873 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1549528 Issue Tracking
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1549529 Issue Tracking
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1558828 Issue Tracking

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-4590), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.