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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2011-5245

The readFrom function in providers.jaxb.JAXBXmlTypeProvider in RESTEasy before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity reference in a Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) input, aka an XML external entity (XXE)…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 3.21%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The readFrom function in providers.jaxb.JAXBXmlTypeProvider in RESTEasy before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity reference in a Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) input, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2012-0818.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
3.21% probability · 87th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
redhat/resteasy
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.