{"cve":"CVE-2014-0096","nvd":{"published":"2014-05-31T11:17:13.233","modified":"2026-10-14T17:17:29.553","status":"Modified","description":"java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0268.html","http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0865.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150282.html","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2"],"products":["apache:tomcat"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:33:06.232976534+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-0096","score":0.06905,"percentile":0.9404,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-qprx-q2r7-3rx6","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qprx-q2r7-3rx6","summary":"Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat","modified":"2025-04-14T22:12:03.837063Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":["<6.0.40"],"fixed":["6.0.40"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=7.0.0 <7.0.54"],"fixed":["7.0.54"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=8.0.0 <8.0.6"],"fixed":["8.0.6"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina","ranges":["<6.0.40"],"fixed":["6.0.40"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina","ranges":[">=7.0.0 <7.0.54"],"fixed":["7.0.54"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina","ranges":[">=8.0.0 <8.0.6"],"fixed":["8.0.6"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}