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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2024-28168 json

Apache XML Graphics FOP: XML External Entity (XXE) Processing

published 2024-10-09 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-3073 , GHSA-jqfv-jrvq-95jm

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability in Apache XML Graphics FOP.

This issue affects Apache XML Graphics FOP: 2.9.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.10, which fixes the issue.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.xmlgraphics:fop-core 2.10
  • org.apache.xmlgraphics fop-core 2.10
  • fop Debian 14, Debian 13 1:2.10+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28168

  • xmlgraphics-fop SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2 +11 more 2.10-150200.13.10.1
  • xmlgraphics-batik SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2 +12 more 1.18-150200.4.10.2
  • javapackages-tools SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2 +14 more 6.3.4-150200.3.15.1
  • xmlgraphics-commons SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2 +12 more 2.10-150200.3.10.2
  • javapackages-tools-extras SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2 +16 more 6.3.4-150200.3.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:4054-1

  • xmlgraphics-fop openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.10-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14398-1

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-2024-28168 updated cvss 7.5

fop: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

  • Red Hat Fuse 7 org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack fop
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3 org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop
    not affected: vulnerable code not present
  • Red Hat build of OptaPlanner 8 org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop
    not affected: component not present
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 fop Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 fop
    not affected: vulnerable code not present
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7 org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop org.apache.xmlgraphics/fop
    not affected: component 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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/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.apache.xmlgraphics:fop-core
<2.10
2.10

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache XML Graphics FOP
  • apache xml_graphics_fop

Classification

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

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

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