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CVE-2019-7722

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-7722 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in PMD 5.8.1 and earlier, allowing attackers to manipulate ruleset files to achieve information disclosure, denial of service, or request forgery. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) can be exploited remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pmd_project:pmd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0123 is in the 27th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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: net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-coreFixed in: 6.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-57qj-79gh-69w8high

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in PMD

May 14, 2022

References

github.com / pmd/pmd/issues/1650
ExploitThird Party Advisory