XML External Entity injection in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform - CVE-2017-7503

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XML External Entity injection in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform - CVE-2017-7503

Published: May 18, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38972
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7503
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

It was found that the Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.0.5 implementation of javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory is vulnerable to XXE. An attacker could use this flaw to launch DoS or SSRF attacks, or read files from the server where EAP is deployed.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-7503

Install update from vendor's website.

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