What is CVE-2017-7465?

CVE-2017-7465 is a critical-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Jboss, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2018-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-7465?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

RCE in [Unknown] Jboss

CVE-2017-7465

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.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2018-06-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

[Unknown] Jboss
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform — versions 7.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97605 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7465?: CVE-2017-7465 is a critical-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Jboss, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2018-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-7465?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.