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CVE-2017-14949

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-11-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

Restlet Framework before 2.3.12 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a crafted REST API HTTP request that conducts an XXE attack, because only general external entities (not parameter external entities) are properly considered. This is related to XmlRepresentation, DOMRepresentation, SaxRepresentation, and JacksonRepresentation.

Affected products

• Restlet: before 2.3.12 — fixed in 2.3.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Restlet 2.3.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/wiki/XEE-security-enhancements
• https://lgtm.com/blog/restlet_CVE-2017-14949
• https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/wiki/XEE-security-enhancements
• https://lgtm.com/blog/restlet_CVE-2017-14949

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