RCE in Lucee REST endpoint

Description

Lucee Server (or simply Lucee) is a dynamic, Java based, tag and scripting language used for rapid web application development. The Lucee REST endpoint is vulnerable to RCE via an XML XXE attack. This vulnerability is fixed in Lucee 5.4.3.2, 5.3.12.1, 5.3.7.59, 5.3.8.236, and 5.3.9.173.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.82% · top 42% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.

Weakness

• CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-611 and its CVEs

Affected products

• lucee · Lucee

  • affected >= 5.4.0.0, < 5.4.3.2
  • affected >= 5.3.12.0, < 5.3.12.1
  • affected < 5.3.7.59
  • affected >= 5.3.8.0, < 5.3.8.236
  • affected >= 5.3.9.0, < 5.3.9.173

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.lucee:luceeGHSA-vwjx-mmwm-pwrf (opens in a new tab)

References (1)

• https://github.com/lucee/Lucee/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjx-mmwm-pwrf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM

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-vwjx-mmwm-pwrf (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Mar 2025, 21:58 UTC.