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high7.5

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.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ApacheCxf
through 3.0.11
Versions 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4

Weakness classification

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