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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

Restlet Framework Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference Vulnerability (CVE-2017-14949)

Description

Restlet Framework before 2.3.12 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a crafted REST API HTTP request that conducts an XXE attack, because only general external entities (not parameter external entities) are properly considered. This is related to XmlRepresentation, DOMRepresentation, SaxRepresentation, and JacksonRepresentation.

Remediation

References

CVE-2017-14949

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Severity

High

Classification

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities CWE-611 CVE-2017-14949

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