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Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache ActiveMQ

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.activemq:activemq-client (Maven)

Affected versions

<= 2.23.0

Patched versions

2.23.1

Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the XPath selector component in Artemis ActiveMQ before commit 48d9951d879e0c8cbb59d4b64ab59d53ef88310d allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 25, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Jul 6, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2015-3208

GHSA ID

GHSA-x6rc-54xp-ccxx

Source code

No known source code
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