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CVE-2011-5245
The readFrom function in providers.jaxb.JAXBXmlTypeProvider in RESTEasy before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.2%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxb-providerGHSA-g4jg-gpwv-p7wv (opens in a new tab)
References (19)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785631 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 78680 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1059 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY-647 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 51766 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0519 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 50084 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0371 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- resteasy-xml-info-disclosure(72808) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0441 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 47832 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 57719 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 57716 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0372 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY/fixforversion/12318708 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1125 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-g4jg-gpwv-p7wv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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