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CVE-2017-15691

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15691 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Apache UIMA projects, including uimaj, uima-as, uimaFIT, and uimaDUCC, in versions prior to 2.10.2, 3.0.0-beta, 2.4.0, and 2.2.2 respectively. This flaw allows an attacker to potentially disclose local files or internal content by crafting malicious XML input that is processed by vulnerable parsers. Rated 6.5 (Medium) on the CVSS scale, it has a network attack vector with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and primarily impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:uimaj:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:uimaj:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:uimaj:3.0.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:uimaj:3.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:uima-as:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0902 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 21,939 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.uima:uimafit-coreFixed in: 2.4.0
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.uima:uimaj-coreFixed in: 2.10.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.uima:uimaj-coreFixed in: 3.0.0-beta
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.uima:uimaj-as-coreFixed in: 2.10.2
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.3.1Fixed in: uimaj
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6Fixed in: uimaj-core

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-wp2f-hrg2-3r5mmedium

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache uimaj

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-15691Important

uima: XML external entity expansion (XXE) can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code

Apr 27, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:1545
lists.apache.org / thread.html/00407c65738e625a8cc9d732923a4ab2d8299603cc7c7e5cc2da9c79%40%3Ccommits.uima.apache.org%3E
uima.apache.org / security_report
Vendor Advisory