Detections
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CVE-2017-14868

high

Description

Restlet Framework before 2.3.11, when using SimpleXMLProvider, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via an XXE attack in a REST API HTTP request. This affects use of the Jax-rs extension.

References

https://lgtm.com/blog/restlet_CVE-2017-14868

https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/wiki/XEE-security-enhancements

https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/issues/1286

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-30

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00401