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CVE-2016-8739

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')
Publication date:
10/08/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
7.80
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.0.11 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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