CVE-2013-4221

high

Description

The default configuration of the ObjectRepresentation class in Restlet before 2.1.4 deserializes objects from untrusted sources using the Java XMLDecoder, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via crafted XML.

References

Advisories
More

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995275

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1862.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1410.html

http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/08/using-xmldecoder-to-execute-server-side.html

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-92j2-5r7p-6hjw

https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/issues/774

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-3272

http://restlet.org/learn/2.1/changes

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-10-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L