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CVE-2017-14868

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14868 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Restlet Framework versions prior to 2.3.11, specifically when using the SimpleXMLProvider with the JAX-RS extension. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the affected system. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a critical impact on confidentiality with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is no known public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.3.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:restlet:restlet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0252 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.restlet.jse:org.restlet.ext.jaxrsFixed in: 2.3.11

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-2mp8-qvqm-3xwqhigh

Restlet Framework Ja-rs extension is vulnerable to XXE when using SimpleXMLProvider

Oct 17, 2018
redhatCVE-2017-14868Moderate

restlet: XML external entity injection

Sep 27, 2017

References

github.com / restlet/restlet-framework-java/issues/1286
Third Party Advisory
github.com / restlet/restlet-framework-java/wiki/XEE-security-enhancements
Third Party Advisory
lgtm.com / blog/restlet_CVE-2017-14868
Third Party Advisory