CVE-2015-0254
Apache Standard Taglibs before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XSLT extension in a (1) <x:parse> or (2) <x:transform>
02 Description
Apache Standard Taglibs before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XSLT extension in a (1) <x:parse> or (2) <x:transform>
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 12.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-14.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-03-09 14:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-14 21:06Z14 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-11-18
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- e8e8b58103cd209a630198b2dcca6c48c8fc7aa5311229d22cf25b7bab8b1a6d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2551-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2551-1
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1376https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1376
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1841http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1841.html
- mail-archives.apache.org[tomcat-taglibs-user] 20150227 [SECURITY] CVE-2015-0254 XXE and RCE via XSL extension in JSTL XML tagshttp://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-taglibs-user/201502.mbox/%3C82207A16-6348-4DEE-877E-F7B87292576A%40apache.org%3E
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1838http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1838.html
- www.securityfocus.com20150227 [SECURITY] CVE-2015-0254 XXE and RCE via XSL extension in JSTL XML tagshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534772/100/0/threaded
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1695http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1695.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1839http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1839.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1751http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00033.html
- www.securityfocus.com72809http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72809
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1840http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1840.html
- www.securitytracker.com1034934http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034934
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [27/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8a20e48acb2a40be5130df91cf9d39d8ad93181989413d4abcaa4914%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [26/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f8e0814e11c7f21f42224b6de111cb3f5e5ab5c15b78924c516d4ec2%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [27/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfc2bfd99c340dafd501676693cd889c1f9f838b97bdd0776a8f5557d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [31/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3b72cbb13e1dfe85c4a06959a3b6ca6d939b407ecca80db12b54220%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- lists.apache.org[portals-pluto-dev] 20210714 [jira] [Closed] (PLUTO-792) Upgrade to taglibs-standard-impl-1.2.3 due to CVE-2015-0254https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc1686f6196bb9063bf26577a21b8033c19c1a30e5a9159869c8f3d38%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[portals-pluto-scm] 20210714 [portals-pluto] branch master updated: PLUTO-792 Upgrade to taglibs-standard-impl-1.2.3 due to CVE-2015-0254https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1179e6971bc46f0f68879a9a10cc97ad4424451b0889aeef04c8077%40%3Cpluto-scm.portals.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[portals-pluto-dev] 20210714 [jira] [Created] (PLUTO-792) Upgrade to taglibs-standard-impl-1.2.3 due to CVE-2015-0254https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6c93d8ade3788dbc00f5a37238bc278e7d859f2446b885460783a16f%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130575/Apache-Standard-Taglibs-1.2.1-XXE-Remote-Command-Execution.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- jakarta-taglibs-standard Fixed in 1.1.2-2ubuntu1.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- jakarta-taglibs-standard Fixed in 1.1.2-3ubuntu1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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