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CVE-2014-0171

Affected software2 products, listed below
Severity5.0 Medium CVSS 2.0
Published15 Jan 2015
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in StaxXMLFactoryProvider2 in Odata4j, as used in Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization before 6.0.0 patch 4, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted request to a REST endpoint.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 11 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 2.1% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

  • Protection full XXE
  • Action available security rule
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding Protected by Waratek's ARMR xxe security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's description identifies a XXE vulnerability. Matched by description (no CWE was assigned).

How to mitigate CVE-2014-0171

Apply the vendor's fix. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its XXE rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd odata4j project odata4j generic any version
nvd redhat jboss data virtualization generic ≤ 6.0.0

References

URLTags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0034.html Vendor Advisory
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/TEIID-2911 Exploit

Timeline

Published2015-01-15By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.