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Fencer Intel
medium 6.4

CVE-2014-7839 json

XML External Entity Reference in RESTEasy

published 2014-11-25 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-pc54-pchm-xcw6 , EUVD-2022-4739

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

DocumentProvider in RESTEasy 2.3.7 and 3.0.9 does not configure the (1) external-general-entities or (2) external-parameter-entities features, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs 3.0.11.Final
  • wss4j jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.6.17-2.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • hornetq jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.3.21.2-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • jbossts jboss enterprise application platform 6 1:4.17.26-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • jbossweb jboss enterprise application platform 6 7.4.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • resteasy jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.3.8-13.SP4_redhat_2.1.ep6.el7
  • jboss-hal jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.2.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • picketbox jboss enterprise application platform 6 4.0.19-10.SP10_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • weld-core jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.1.28-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0218RHSA-2015:0217RHSA-2015:0216

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-2014-7839 updated cvss 5.0

RESTeasy: External entities expanded by DocumentProvider

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 resteasy-base, resteasy-base-tjws, resteasy-base-jaxrs, resteasy-base-client, resteasy-base-javadoc, resteasy-base-jaxrs-all, +7 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 resteasy
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 resteasy
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 resteasy
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 resteasy Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 resteasy
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 resteasy
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 resteasy
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 resteasy
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
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  • Red Hat Satellite 6 resteasy Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager resteasy
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0851
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0850
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0773
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0675
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0215
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 5 Server wss4j 1.6.17-2.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, antlr-eap6 2.7.7-18.redhat_4.1.ep6.el5, apache-cxf 2.7.14-1.redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, resteasy 2.3.8-13.SP4_redhat_2.1.ep6.el5, jbossts 4.17.26-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jbossweb 7.4.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, +87 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0216
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 6 Server wss4j 1.6.17-2.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, antlr-eap6 2.7.7-18.redhat_4.1.ep6.el6, apache-cxf 2.7.14-1.redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, resteasy 2.3.8-13.SP4_redhat_2.1.ep6.el6, jbossts 4.17.26-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jbossweb 7.4.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, +87 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0217
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 Server wss4j 1.6.17-2.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, antlr-eap6 2.7.7-18.redhat_4.1.ep6.el7, apache-cxf 2.7.14-1.redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, resteasy 2.3.8-13.SP4_redhat_2.1.ep6.el7, jbossts 4.17.26-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jbossweb 7.4.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, +87 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0218
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1009
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager candlepin
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs
<3.0.11.Final
3.0.11.Final

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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