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Jboss Enterprise Portal PlatformApplication · Redhat

CVE-2013-0315

MEDIUM · 5.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2013-04-12
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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59/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The GateIn Portal export/import gadget in JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted external XML entity in an XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

The GateIn Portal's XML import gadget in JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.2.2 processes XML documents without disabling external entities, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious external entity references (XXE) to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem.

MitigationConfigure XML parsers to disable external entity processing before parsing user-supplied XML, or apply any available vendor patches for this vulnerability.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Jboss Enterprise Portal PlatformApplication
Affected:= 5.2.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Identify JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform installation and version
    Check for JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.2.2 by inspecting the installation directory, version manifest files, or running: grep -r '5.2.2' /path/to/jboss/portal 2>/dev/null. Also check /opt/jboss-*/portal or $JBOSS_HOME/../portal version files.
    Affected if JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform version 5.2.2 is installed
  2. Locate the GateIn Portal XML import gadget
    Search for the XML import gadget component in the portal installation: find /path/to/jboss/portal -name '*import*' -o -name '*gadget*' 2>/dev/null. Check for files under GateIn or exo-platform directories related to XML import functionality.
    Affected if The XML import gadget component exists in the portal installation
  3. Verify XML import functionality is enabled
    Check portal configuration files (portal.xml, configuration.xml) for XML import gadget enablement. Look for importGadget or XML import related configurations. Access the portal web interface and check if an XML import or upload feature is available under portlet/gadget management sections.
    Affected if XML import functionality is enabled and accessible in the portal
  4. Test for XXE vulnerability in XML import
    Submit a crafted XML document with an external entity reference (e.g., <?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE foo [<!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">]><root>&xxe;</root>) to any XML import/upload endpoint. If the server returns file contents in the response, the vulnerability is present.
    Affected if The portal processes XML with external entity processing enabled and returns file contents

User is affected if running JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.2.2 with the GateIn XML import gadget enabled and accessible, as the XXE vulnerability allows reading arbitrary files via parsed XML documents.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Configure XML parsers to disable external entity processing before parsing user-supplied XML, or apply any available vendor patches for this vulnerability.

Fix this in Jboss Enterprise Portal Platform Scoped from the published advisory
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