GHSA-qjpq-5pq3-43rr · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Incorrect Privilege Assignment in RESTEasy
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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3490 is rated Moderate Risk (59.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.65%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 2025-03-30 | 6.11% | 4.65% | -1.47% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 4.25% | 6.11% | +1.86% |
| 3 | 2025-03-19 | — | 4.25% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
GHSA-qjpq-5pq3-43rr · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Incorrect Privilege Assignment in RESTEasy
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3490 |
: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html" rel="nofollow">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a>
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | jboss_enterprise_application_platform | 6.3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | resteasy | >= 2.3.1, <= 2.3.7.2 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | resteasy | >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.9 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | resteasy | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:3.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | resteasy | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:3.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | resteasy | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:3.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | resteasy | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:3.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | resteasy | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:3.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | resteasy | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:3.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | resteasy | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |