CVE-2025-53689 (GCVE-0-2025-53689)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-14 09:15 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:12
VLAI
Title
Apache Jackrabbit: XXE vulnerability in jackrabbit-spi-commons
Summary
Blind XXE Vulnerabilities in jackrabbit-spi-commons and jackrabbit-core in Apache Jackrabbit < 2.23.2 due to usage of an unsecured document build to load privileges. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 2.20.17 (Java 8), 2.22.1 (Java 11) or 2.23.2 (Java 11, beta versions), which fix this issue. Earlier versions (up to 2.20.16) are not supported anymore, thus users should update to the respective supported version.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-14 15:45 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Jackrabbit Affected: 2.20.0 , < 2.20.17 (maven)
Affected: 2.22.0 , < 2.22.1 (maven)
Affected: 2.23.0-beta , < 2.23.2-beta (maven)
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Credits
Lars Krapf - Adobe Dylan Pindur - Assetnote Adam Kues - Assetnote
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