CVE-2011-5245
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.032 · 88 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The readFrom function in providers.jaxb.JAXBXmlTypeProvider in RESTEasy before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity reference in a Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) input, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2012-0818.
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affected products (16)
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- Maven org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxb-provider< 2.3.2osvUSpkg:maven/org.jboss.resteasy/resteasy-jaxb-provider
advisories (1)
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- GHSA-g4jg-gpwv-p7wvExposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in RESTEasy2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
The readFrom function in providers.jaxb.JAXBXmlTypeProvider in RESTEasy before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity reference in a Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) input, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2012-0818.
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references (53)
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0441.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0519.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1056.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1057.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1058.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1059.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1125.htmlcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47832cnnvd
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