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CVE-2015-3208: Withdrawn Advisory: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache ActiveMQ

May 14, 2022 (updated July 18, 2025)

Withdrawn Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because further investgation revealed that this is not a security issue. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the XPath selector component in Artemis ActiveMQ before commit 48d9951d879e0c8cbb59d4b64ab59d53ef88310d allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225252
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-x6rc-54xp-ccxx
  • github.com/apache/activemq-artemis/commit/48d9951d879e0c8cbb59d4b64ab59d53ef88310d
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3208

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.23.1

Fixed versions

  • 2.23.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.23.1 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Source file

maven/org.apache.activemq/activemq-client/CVE-2015-3208.yml

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