GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-x7xf-253v-x3w8 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache CXF JAX-RS

HIGH Published 2022-05-13 Modified 2023-12-21 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-8739
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.cxf:cxf-core
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-611
Reviewed
2022-07-06

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-core: < 3.0.12 → fixed in 3.0.12 • Maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-core: >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.9 → fixed in 3.1.9

Description

The JAX-RS module in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.12 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.9 provides a number of Atom JAX-RS MessageBodyReaders. These readers use Apache Abdera Parser which expands XML entities by default which represents a major XXE risk.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-8739 The JAX-RS module in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.12 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.9 provides a number of Atom JAX-RS MessageBodyReaders. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

References