Description
The (1) DOMConverter, (2) JDOMConverter, (3) DOM4JConverter, and (4) XOMConverter functions in Direct Web Remoting (DWR) through 2.0.10 and 3.x through 3.0.RC2 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via DOM data containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Remediation
References
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91502163/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000117
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71093
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