9.8

CVE-2017-7503: red hat, inc. jboss enterprise application platform

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
Published 18-05-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7503 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in red hat, inc. jboss enterprise application platform. EPSS estimates a 2.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.01%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 1

Timeline

  1. 18-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

It was found that the Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.0.5 implementation of javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory is vulnerable to XXE. An attacker could use this flaw to launch DoS or SSRF attacks, or read files from the server where EAP is deployed.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.01%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.01% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.01%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links