Directwebremoting Direct Web Remoting up to 2.0.10 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Directwebremoting Direct Web Remoting up to 2.0.10. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-5325. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Directwebremoting Direct Web Remoting up to 2.0.10. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The (1) DOMConverter, (2) JDOMConverter, (3) DOM4JConverter, and (4) XOMConverter functions in Direct Web Remoting (DWR) through 2.0.10 and 3.x through 3.0.RC2 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via DOM data containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

The weakness was released 11/23/2014 by Takeshi Terada with Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions (Website). The advisory is shared at jvndb.jvn.jp. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-5325 since 08/18/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11986 (Direct Web Remoting Converters Component Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 71093†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-72962. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Directwebremoting

Name

• Direct Web Remoting

Version

• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.8
• 2.0.9
• 2.0.10

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/18/2014 🔍
11/14/2014 +88 days 🔍
11/23/2014 +9 days 🔍
11/23/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +124 days 🔍
04/02/2018 +1102 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jvndb.jvn.jp
Researcher: Takeshi Terada
Organization: Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-5325 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-5325
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-72961
SecurityFocus: 71093 - Direct Web Remoting CVE-2014-5325 XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/02/2018 11:41
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (43), 04/02/2018 11:41 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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