CVE-2014-3490

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.

Published: 2014-08-19 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3490

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3490

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3490

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-3490

GHSA-qjpq-5pq3-43rr · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Incorrect Privilege Assignment in RESTEasy

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3490

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3490

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-3490

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html" rel="nofollow">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3490

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:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3490

URL Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1011.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1039.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1040.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1298.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0125.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60019 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69058 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/resteasy/Resteasy/pull/521 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/resteasy/Resteasy/pull/533 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ronsigal/Resteasy/commit/9b7d0f574cafdcf3bea5428f3145ab4908fc6d83 Patch Third Party Advisory
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