CVE-2011-1483

wsf/common/DOMUtils.java in JBossWS Native in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2.0.CP09, 4.3, and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 4.3.CP06 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.2.CP05, 4.3.CP05, and 5.1.0; JBoss Communications Platform 1.2.11 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.1.0; and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.1.1 does not properly handle recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted request containing an XML document with a DOCTYPE declaration and a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

Published: 2013-07-29 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-1483 is rated Moderate Risk (53/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.74%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.37% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-1483

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-13 1.37% 3.74% +2.37%
2 2025-04-02 0.84% 1.37% +0.53%
3 2025-03-30 0.84%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-1483

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-1483

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2011-1483

GHSA-rj4p-7mm6-gm9j · Severity: low · Ecosystem: maven — JBossWS vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-1483

vendor priority summary link
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1483

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-1483

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat jboss_communications_platform 1.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_communications_platform:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_communications_platform 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_communications_platform:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:4.2.0:cp09:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_brms_platform 5.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_brms_platform:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_portal_platform 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_portal_platform:4.3.0:cp06:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_portal_platform 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_portal_platform:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.2.0:cp05:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.3.0:cp05:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 5.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_web_platform 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_platform:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp network_node_manager_i 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:hp:network_node_manager_i:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp network_node_manager_i 9.01 cpe:2.3:a:hp:network_node_manager_i:9.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp network_node_manager_i 9.02 cpe:2.3:a:hp:network_node_manager_i:9.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp network_node_manager_i 9.03 cpe:2.3:a:hp:network_node_manager_i:9.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp network_node_manager_i 9.10 cpe:2.3:a:hp:network_node_manager_i:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-1483

cvelogic Threat Intelligence