XML External Entity Reference in org.picketlink:picketlink-common

HIGH 7.5CVE-2014-3530 · GHSA-2c9q-qwrc-f486 · Published 22/07/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-3530 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting org.picketlink:picketlink-common, jboss enterprise application platform (redhat).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.9%, higher than 90.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.7.0.Final or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.picketlink:picketlink-common Maven	`< 2.7.0.Final`	`2.7.0.Final`
jboss enterprise application platform redhat	`= 5.2.0= 6.2.4`	No fix yet

Description

The org.picketlink.common.util.DocumentUtil.getDocumentBuilderFactory method in PicketLink, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBEAP) 5.2.0 and 6.2.4, expands entity references, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary code and possibly have other unspecified impact via unspecified vectors, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3530 · ADVISORY
picketlink/picketlink commit 8c78668 · WEB
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi · WEB
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94700 · WEB
picketlink/picketlink · PACKAGE
issues.jboss.org/browse/PLINK-509 · WEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0883.html · WEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0884.html · WEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0885.html · WEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0886.html · WEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0091.html · WEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html · WEB

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