CVE-2014-3490
HighSummary
RESTEasy versions 2.3.1 before 2.3.8.SP2 and 3.x before 3.0.9, used in Red Hat JBoss EAP 6.3.0, does not disable external entities when the resteasy.document.expand.entity.references parameter is set to false. This allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and have other unspecified impacts related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Risk Assessment
The organization may be exposed to unauthorized access to sensitive data and other unforeseen consequences, potentially leading to serious security breaches.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update RESTEasy to version 2.3.8.SP2 or 3.0.9 and verify the configuration to ensure that external entities are disabled.
Other vulnerabilities in RESTEasy
See all- CVE-2026-17615High
A flaw was found in RESTEasy's SourceProvider. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform an unauthenticated remote file read. By sending a specially crafted XML body with a DOCTYPE declaration referencing external entities to an endpoint that accepts application/xml and returns Source or StreamSource, the server can be tricked into resolving the entity and including sensitive file contents in the HTTP response. This is due to the SourceProvider.writeTo() method creating a SAXParser without disabling external entity resolution, leading to an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.
- CVE-2016-6346High
RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
Original NVD description (English source)
RESTEasy 2.3.1 before 2.3.8.SP2 and 3.x before 3.0.9, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.3.0, does not disable external entities when the resteasy.document.expand.entity.references parameter is set to false, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and have other unspecified impact via unspecified vectors, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0818.