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TI-2017-05146 Aliases CVE-2017-7503GHSA-2f38-5w6m-7c6f

XML external entity injection in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

It was found that the Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.0.5 implementation of javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory is vulnerable to XXE. An attacker could use this flaw to launch DoS or SSRF attacks, or read files from the server where EAP is deployed.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02007 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatJBoss Enterprise Application Platform7.0.5—No fix listedCNA
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform VendorRed Hat Affected 7.0.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.5VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.5 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2020:2563 Released 2020-06-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    EAP Continuous Delivery Technical Preview Release 14 security update
    • EAP-CD 14 Tech Preview

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
EAP-CD 14 Tech PreviewFixed RHSA-2020:2563

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7503
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2f38-5w6m-7c6f

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2017-08941 Deserialization of untrusted data in Red Hat jbossas KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2010-01790 JBoss Seam 2 (jboss-seam2), as used in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-09342 Unrestricted file upload in Apache Tomcat KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2010-01383 The Web Console (aka web-console) in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-09354 XML external entity injection in Apache Solr before 7.1 with Apache Lucene before 7.1 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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