CVE-2017-7545 XML External Entity Reference in jbpmmigration

What is CVE-2017-7545?

CVE-2017-7545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in KIE jbpm-designer, published on 26 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

It was discovered that the XmlUtils class in jbpmmigration 6.5 performed expansion of external parameter entities while parsing XML files. A remote attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server and, potentially, perform other more advanced XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attacks.

Weakness: CWE-611

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7545?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jbpm.jbpm5:jbpmmigration. It affects 3 products.

Products include Redhat Decision Manager, Redhat Jboss Bpm Suite, Redhat Jbpm.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7545?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7545 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-7545 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7545 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in KIE jbpm-designer

• CVE-2019-14841 Privilege escalation in Business-central High 8.8
• CVE-2022-1415 Drools: unsafe data deserialization in streamutils High 8.1
• CVE-2019-14840 Information disclosure in Business-central High 7.5
• CVE-2020-1748 Incorrect Authorization in WildFly Elytron High 7.5
• CVE-2019-14886 Information disclosure in Business-central Medium 4.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-vc3x-72q4-g3p5.