CVE-2017-14868

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    CVE-2017-14868

    Published: 30 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Restlet Framework before 2.3.11, when using SimpleXMLProvider, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via an XXE attack in a REST API HTTP request. This affects use of the Jax-rs extension.

    References: https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/issues/1286, https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/wiki/XEE-security-enhancements, https://lgtm.com/blog/restlet_CVE-2017-14868

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -72e6cebd2c81427578e03fca243953926017077f

    Affected versions

    2.3.10
    2.3.9
    2.3.8
    2.3.7
    2.3.6
    2.3.5
    2.3.4
    2.3.3
    2.3.2
    2.3.1
    2.3.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High