# CVE-2017-7465: It was found that the JAXP implementation used in JBoss EAP 7.0 for XSLT processing is vulnerable to code injection.

- Severity: CVSS 9.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-06-27 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- \[UNKNOWN\] jboss: version range not reported

## Description

It was found that the JAXP implementation used in JBoss EAP 7.0 for XSLT processing is vulnerable to code injection. An attacker could use this flaw to cause remote code execution if they are able to provide XSLT content for parsing. Doing a transform in JAXP requires the use of a 'javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory'. If the FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING feature is set to 'true', it mitigates this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on \[UNKNOWN\] jboss, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7465
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97605

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