CVE-2014-3630

CRITICAL

Play Framework < 2.2.6 and 2.3.x < 2.3.5 - XML External Entity Injection

Title source: llm

Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Java XML processing functionality in Play before 2.2.6 and 2.3.x before 2.3.5 might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://infocon.org/cons/SyScan/SyScan%202015%20Singapore/SyScan%202015%20Singapore%20presentations/SyScan15%20David%20Jorm%20-%20Finding%20and%20exploiting%20novel%20flaws%20in%20Java%20software.pdf

Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3630-XmlExternalEntity

Mailing List x_refsource_confirm

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/play-framework/7uNX_ImTW08/AogWSjsTAyQJ

Mailing List x_refsource_confirm

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/play-framework/WdbFvemsFDQ

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0285

EPSS Percentile 84.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-611

Status published

Products (14)

lightbend/play_framework 2.2.0 (4 CPE variants)

lightbend/play_framework 2.2.1

lightbend/play_framework 2.2.2

lightbend/play_framework 2.3.0 (3 CPE variants)

lightbend/play_framework 2.3.1

lightbend/play_framework 2.3.2 (3 CPE variants)

lightbend/play_framework 2.3.3

lightbend/play_framework 2.3.4

playframework/play_framework 2.2.0 rc1

playframework/play_framework 2.2.1 rc1

... and 4 more

Published Dec 29, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026