Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-14868 - XXE vulnerability in Restlet
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/issues/1286
- https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/issues/1286
- https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/wiki/XEE-security-enhancements
- https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/wiki/XEE-security-enhancements
- https://lgtm.com/blog/restlet_CVE-2017-14868
- https://lgtm.com/blog/restlet_CVE-2017-14868