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CVE-2012-0818

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0818 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in RESTEasy versions prior to 2.3.1, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:resteasy:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0321 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (28)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-clientFixed in: 2.3.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWP 5 for RHEL 5Fixed in: resteasy-0:1.2.1-10.CP02_patch01.1.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWP 5 for RHEL 6Fixed in: resteasy-0:1.2.1-10.CP02_patch01.1.ep5.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.0Fixed in: security
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0Fixed in: security
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4Fixed in: resteasy-0:1.2.1-10.CP02_patch01.1.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5Fixed in: resteasy-0:1.2.1-10.CP02_patch01.1.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6Fixed in: resteasy-0:1.2.1-10.CP02_patch01.1.ep5.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 5.2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2.1Fixed in: org.ovirt.engine-root-0:2.1.0-16
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2.1Fixed in: otopi-0:1.1.0-1.el6ev
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2.1Fixed in: ovirt-host-deploy-0:1.1.0-1.el6ev
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2.1Fixed in: python-daemon-0:1.5.2-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2.1Fixed in: python-kitchen-0:1.1.1-2.el6ev
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2.1Fixed in: python-lockfile-0:0.8-5.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2.1Fixed in: python-ply-0:3.3-7.el6ev
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2.1Fixed in: redhat-access-plugin-storage-0:2.1.0-0.el6rhs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2.1Fixed in: rhsc-cli-0:2.1.0.0-0.bb3a.el6rhs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2.1Fixed in: rhsc-log-collector-0:2.1-0.1.el6rhs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2.1Fixed in: rhsc-sdk-0:2.1.0.0-0.bb3a.el6rhs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV Manager version 3.0Fixed in: org.ovirt.engine-root-0:3.0.3_0001-3
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5Fixed in: Security
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6Fixed in: Teiid
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5Fixed in: Security

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-wrrh-g7h3-gqmxmedium

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in RESTEasy

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-0818Moderate

RESTEasy: XML eXternal Entity (XXE) flaw

Dec 30, 2011

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0441.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0519.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1056.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1057.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1058.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1059.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1125.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0371.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0372.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/47818
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/47832
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48697
secunia.com / advisories/48954
secunia.com / advisories/50084
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/57716
secunia.com / advisories/57719
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/72808
issues.jboss.org / browse/RESTEASY-637
Patch
osvdb.org / 78679
securityfocus.com / bid/51748
securityfocus.com / bid/51766