CVE-2014-0171

Exp

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in StaxXMLFactoryProvider2 in Odata4j, as used in Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization before 6.0.0 patch 4, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted request to a REST endpoint.

Published: 2015-01-15 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-0171 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.11%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.73% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-0171

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0171

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 2026-06-15 0.38% 2.11% +1.73%
2 2025-04-12 0.61% 0.38% -0.23%
3 2025-03-30 0.61%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0171

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:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0171

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0171

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0171

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-0171

Comment: CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0171

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat jboss_data_virtualization <= 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_data_virtualization:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
odata4j_project odata4j cpe:2.3:a:odata4j_project:odata4j:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0171

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