CVE-2015-0254: XXE and RCE via XSL extensions in Apache Standard Taglibs

March 9, 2015 (updated March 25, 2019)

This package allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XSLT extension in a <x:parse> or <x:transform> JSTL XML tag.

References

mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201502.mbox/%3C82207A16-6348-4DEE-877E-F7B87292576A@apache.org%3E
web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0254

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