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CVE-2014-125087 json

java-xmlbuilder xml external entity reference

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-3vrc-rrpw-r5pw , EUVD-2023-0615

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was found in java-xmlbuilder up to 1.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. Upgrading to version 1.2 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is e6fddca201790abab4f2c274341c0bb8835c3e73. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221480.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.jamesmurty.utils:java-xmlbuilder 1.2
  • java-xmlbuilder_project java-xmlbuilder 1.2

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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-2014-125087 updated cvss 9.8

java-xmlbuilder: XMLBuilder2 is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection

  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 java-xmlbuilder java-xmlbuilder Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 java-xmlbuilder java-xmlbuilder Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 java-xmlbuilder java-xmlbuilder
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8 Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3 java-xmlbuilder java-xmlbuilder Red Hat Fuse 7 java-xmlbuilder java-xmlbuilder Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 java-xmlbuilder java-xmlbuilder Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 java-xmlbuilder java-xmlbuilder Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack java-xmlbuilder java-xmlbuilder
    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

1.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/jmurty/java-xmlbuilder/issues/6 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 2.0 5.2 AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven com.jamesmurty.utils:java-xmlbuilder
<1.2
1.2

Affected products

  • n/a java-xmlbuilder

Classification

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

References

Sources

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