CVE-2014-7839

DocumentProvider in RESTEasy 2.3.7 and 3.0.9 does not configure the (1) external-general-entities or (2) external-parameter-entities features, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2014-11-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-7839 is rated Moderate Risk (53.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.96%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7839

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 1.26% 1.96% +0.69%
2 2025-06-03 0.97% 1.26% +0.30%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.97% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7839

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-7839

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-7839

GHSA-pc54-pchm-xcw6 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — XML External Entity Reference in RESTEasy

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-7839

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-7839 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (resteasy), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7839
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7839
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-7839 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (resteasy), 13 status rows across 13 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 6, ignored 5, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7839

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7839

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat resteasy 2.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat resteasy 3.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7839

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