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High severity · published Aug 10, 2017
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
7.5
CVSS
7.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.3% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CX
Cxf · Apache
through 3.0.11; 3.1.0; 3.1.1; 3.1.2; 3.1.3; 3.1.4; +4 more · source: NVD
Affected product
CX
Cxf
Apache
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8739
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8739
Patch
http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-8739.txt.asc
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97579
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037544
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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