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CVE-2021-33813

34
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-33813 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the SAXBuilder component of JDOM versions up to 2.0.6, potentially affecting products from Apache, Debian, Fedora, JDOM, and Oracle. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) allows unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTTP request, requiring no user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jdom:jdom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:solr:8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:solr:8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tika:1.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1944 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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

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 (13)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jdom:jdom2Fixed in: 2.0.6.1
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHDM 7.12.1Fixed in: jdom
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Camel-K 1.6.4Fixed in: jdom2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHPAM 7.12.1Fixed in: jdom
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Camel-K 1.6.4Fixed in: jdom
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.11Fixed in: jdom
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.11Fixed in: jdom2
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-metering-hadoop
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-metering-hive
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-maven36-jdom
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-maven36-jdom2

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-2363-cqg2-863chigh

XML External Entity (XXE) Injection in JDOM

Jul 27, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-33813Moderate

jdom: XXE allows attackers to cause a DoS via a crafted HTTP request

Jun 8, 2021

References

alephsecurity.com / vulns/aleph-2021003
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / hunterhacker/jdom/pull/188
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / hunterhacker/jdom/releases
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r21c406c7ed88fe340db7dbae75e58355159e6c324037c7d5547bf40b%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r5674106135bb1a6ef57483f4c63a9c44bca85d0e2a8a05895a8f1d89%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r6db397ae7281ead825338200d1f62d2827585a70797cc9ac0c4bd23f%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r845e987b7cd8efe610284958e997b84583f5a98d3394adc09e3482fe%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r89b3800cfabb1e773e49425e5d4239c28a659839a2eca6af3431482e%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9974f64723875052e02787b2a5eda689ac5247c71b827d455e5dc9a6%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rbc075a4ac85e7a8e47420b7383f16ffa0af3b792b8423584735f369f%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rfb7a93e40ebeb1e0068cde0bf3834dcab46bb1ef06d6424db48ed9fd%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00012.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AH46QHE5GIMT6BL6C3GDTOYF27JYILXM
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EWFVYTHGILOQXUA7U3SPOERQXL7OPSZG
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Not Applicable