CVE-2016-8739

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

7%p94

Published

Aug 10, 2017 (Aug 10, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The JAX-RS module in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.12 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.9 provides a number of Atom JAX-RS MessageBodyReaders. These readers use Apache Abdera Parser which expands XML entities by default which represents a major XXE risk.

Vendors: apache
Products: cxf
Weakness: CWE-611
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (7.3%)

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