In short
- CVE-2016-8739 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting org.apache.cxf:cxf-core, cxf (apache).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.3%, higher than 94.4% of all vulnerabilities.
- Fix: update to 3.1.9, 3.0.12 or later.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| org.apache.cxf:cxf-core Maven | ≥ 3.1.0, < 3.1.9< 3.0.12
| 3.1.93.0.12
|
| cxf | = 3.1.0= 3.1.1= 3.1.2= 3.1.3= 3.1.4= 3.1.5= 3.1.6= 3.1.7= 3.1.8≤ 3.0.11
| No fix yet |
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.
NVD 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.
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