CVE-2015-0254: Apache Standard Taglibs

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 12.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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> JSTL XML tag.

Affected products

• Apache Standard Taglibs: up to and including 1.2.1
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 14.10 only

Published 2015-03-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.