CVE-2009-5135

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2009-5135 · Published 02/05/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-5135 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting echo (nextapp).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 9.9%, higher than 95.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
echo nextapp	`= 2.0= 2.0.1= 2.1.0= 3.0≤ 2.1.0`	No fix yet

Description

The Java XML parser in Echo before 2.1.1 and 3.x before 3.0.b6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a request containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

References

echo.nextapp.com/site/node/5742 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/34218 · Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com/exploits/8191 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/archive/1/501637/100/0/threaded
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0653
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49167
sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20090305-0_echo_nextapp_xml_injection.txt · Exploit

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