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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-14 09:15 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:12
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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.
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No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
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Vendor Product Version
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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