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CVE-2016-8739

7.5 highEPSS 7.3%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
7.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 94% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-611
Published
Modified
Record from
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Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-x7xf-253v-x3w8Mavenorg.apache.cxf:cxf-core<3.0.123.0.12
GHSA-x7xf-253v-x3w8Mavenorg.apache.cxf:cxf-core>=3.1.0 <3.1.93.1.9

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