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CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2013-7285
Apache Xstream Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

Xstream API versions up to 1.4.6 and version 1.4.10, if the security framework has not been initialized, may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary shell commands by manipulating the processed input stream when unmarshaling XML or any supported format. e.g. JSON.

INFO

Published Date :

May 15, 2019, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 23, 2025, 4:54 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2013-7285 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Xstream_project xstream
1 Apache activemq
1 Oracle endeca_information_discovery_studio
1 X-stream xstream
1 Xstream xstream
: Total Affected Vendor : 5 | Products : 5
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2013-7285 has a 12 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2013-7285.

URL Resource
http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Not Applicable URL Repurposed Broken Link
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/69 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://web.archive.org/web/20140204133306/http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00604.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00607.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Third Party Advisory
https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2013-7285.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Not Applicable URL Repurposed Broken Link
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/69 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://web.archive.org/web/20140204133306/http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00604.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00607.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Third Party Advisory
https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2013-7285.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-7285 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2013-7285 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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dseg831/segoat

SE Cloud Security Exercise

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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CGCL-codes/LibHunter

None

Python Shell Batchfile

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
3 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Sept. 14, 2024, 5:56 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.
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LibHunter/LibHunter

None

Python Shell Batchfile

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
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Born at : June 5, 2024, 8:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.
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CGCL-codes/PHunter

None

Java

Updated: 10 months, 3 weeks ago
8 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : May 27, 2023, 11:55 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.
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Anonymous-Phunter/PHunter

None

Java

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
3 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 14, 2022, 2:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.
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tmpgit3000/victims

None

Java HTML

Updated: 3 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 25, 2021, 3:52 p.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.
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alexsh88/victims

None

Java HTML

Updated: 3 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 25, 2021, 10:11 a.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.
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x-poc/xstream-poc

None

Java

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 11, 2021, 11:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 18 different CVEs too.
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klee94/maven-security-versions-Travis

None

Java HTML

Updated: 6 years, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 12, 2019, 10:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.
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pkrajanand/xstream_v1_4_11_security_issues

To demo security issues specific to xstream v1.4.11. Look at https://github.com/pkrajanand/xstream_v1_4_9_security_issues for v1.4.9 behaviour

Java

Updated: 6 years, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 4, 2018, 11:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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pkrajanand/xstream_v1_4_9_security_issues

To demo security issues specific to xstream v1.4.9. Go to https://github.com/pkrajanand/xstream_1_4_11_security_issues for v1.4.11

Java

Updated: 6 years, 8 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Dec. 4, 2018, 4:12 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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victims/maven-security-versions

Identify vulnerable libraries in Maven dependencies

Java HTML

Updated: 8 months, 3 weeks ago
46 stars 9 fork 9 watcher
Born at : Oct. 20, 2015, 5:49 a.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2013-7285 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2013-7285 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 23, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:endeca_information_discovery_studio:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.15.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xstream_project:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.4.6 *cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.4.6
    Changed Reference Type CVE: http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Types: Not Applicable, URL Repurposed CVE: http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Types: Broken Link, Not Applicable, URL Repurposed
    Changed Reference Type MITRE: http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Types: Not Applicable, URL Repurposed MITRE: http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Types: Broken Link, Not Applicable, URL Repurposed
    Added Reference Type CVE: http://web.archive.org/web/20140204133306/http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type MITRE: http://web.archive.org/web/20140204133306/http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E Types: Mailing List
    Added Reference Type MITRE: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E Types: Mailing List
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E Types: Mailing List
    Added Reference Type MITRE: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E Types: Mailing List
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00604.html Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type MITRE: https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00604.html Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00607.html Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type MITRE: https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00607.html Types: Third Party Advisory
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x-stream:xstream:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 01, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xstream_project:xstream:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x-stream:xstream:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/69
    Added Reference http://web.archive.org/web/20140204133306/http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
    Added Reference https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00604.html
    Added Reference https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00607.html
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
    Added Reference https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2013-7285.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00604.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://www.mail-archive.com/user%40xstream.codehaus.org/msg00607.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00607.html
    Removed Reference MITRE https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00604.html
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 25, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://web.archive.org/web/20140204133306/http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 22, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Not Applicable, URL Repurposed
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-77
    Added CWE NIST CWE-78
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00607.html No Types Assigned https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00607.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/69 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/69 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00604.html No Types Assigned https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00604.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2013-7285.html No Types Assigned https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2013-7285.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html No Types Assigned http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/12/xstream-remote-code-execution-exploit.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-77
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xstream_project:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.4.6 *cpe:2.3:a:xstream_project:xstream:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

15.05 }} -3.30%

score

0.94278

percentile