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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2017-14868 json

Restlet Framework Ja-rs extension is vulnerable to XXE when using SimpleXMLProvider

published 2017-11-30 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-2mp8-qvqm-3xwq , EUVD-2018-0478

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Restlet Framework before 2.3.11, when using SimpleXMLProvider, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via an XXE attack in a REST API HTTP request. This affects use of the Jax-rs extension.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.restlet.jse:org.restlet.ext.jaxrs 2.3.11
  • restlet restlet 2.3.11

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-14868 updated cvss 7.5

restlet: XML external entity injection

  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 camel Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 org.restlet org.restlet
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.restlet.jse:org.restlet.ext.jaxrs
<2.3.11
2.3.11

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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