CVE-2017-7545

jbpmmigration: XXE vulnerability in XmlUtils

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

It was discovered that the XmlUtils class in jbpmmigration 6.5 performed expansion of external parameter entities while parsing XML files. A remote attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server and, potentially, perform other more advanced XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attacks.

Se ha descubierto que la clase XmlUtils en jbpmmigration 6.5 realizaba la expansión de entidades externas de parámetros mientras analizaba archivos XML. Un atacante remoto podría utilizar este fallo para leer archivos accesibles para el usuario que ejecuta el servidor de aplicaciones y, potencialmente, realizar otros ataques más avanzados de XXE (XML External Entity).

It was discovered that the XmlUtils class in jbpmmigration performed expansion of external parameter entities while parsing XML files. A remote attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server and, potentially, perform other more advanced XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attacks.

Red Hat JBoss BRMS is a business rules management system for the management, storage, creation, modification, and deployment of JBoss Rules. This release of Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4.7 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4.6, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References. Security Fix: A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in ZooKeeper which allows an attacker to dramatically increase CPU utilization by abusing "wchp/wchc" commands, leading to the server being unable to serve legitimate requests.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-04-05 CVE Reserved
2017-11-30 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102179	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7545	2019-10-09
https://github.com/kiegroup/jbpm-designer/commit/a143f3b92a6a5a527d929d68c02a0c5d914ab81d	2019-10-09

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3354	2019-10-09
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3355	2019-10-09
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7545	2017-11-30
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1474822	2017-11-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Decision Manager Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Decision Manager"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Decision Manager" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Jboss Bpm Suite Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Bpm Suite"				6.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Bpm Suite" and version "6.4"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Jbpm Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jbpm"				6.5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jbpm" and version "6.5"		-		Affected