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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-1483 · published 29 July 2013

CVE-2011-1483: Redhat jboss communications platform vulnerability

Redhat · Jboss Communications Platform

wsf/common/DOMUtils.java in JBossWS Native in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2.0.CP09, 4.3, and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 4.3.CP06 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.2.CP05, 4.3.CP05, and 5.1.0; JBoss Communications Platform 1.2.11 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.1.0; and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.1.1 does not properly handle recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted request containing an XML document with a DOCTYPE declaration and a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.7% · top 14.9%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
7Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

wsf/common/DOMUtils.java in JBossWS Native in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2.0.CP09, 4.3, and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 4.3.CP06 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.2.CP05, 4.3.CP05, and 5.1.0; JBoss Communications Platform 1.2.11 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.1.0; and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.1.1 does not properly handle recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted request containing an XML document with a DOCTYPE declaration and a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

7 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://source.jboss.org/changelog/JBossWS/?cs=13996 Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692584
https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03824583
http://source.jboss.org/changelog/JBossWS/?cs=13996 Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692584
https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03824583

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2011-1483), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.