Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2021 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2020-10688
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in RESTEasy. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in RESTEasy in versions before 3.11.1.Final and before 4.5.3.Final, where it did not properly handle URL encoding when the RESTEASY003870 exception occurs. An attacker could use this flaw to launch a reflected XSS attack.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | resteasy3.0 | 3.0.26-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10688 |
| Debian:13 | resteasy3.0 | 3.0.26-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10688 |
| Debian:14 | resteasy3.0 | 3.0.26-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10688 |
| Maven | org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-bom | 4.5.3.Final | GHSA-29qj-rvv6-qrmv |
| Maven | org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-bom | 3.11.1.Final | GHSA-29qj-rvv6-qrmv |
| Maven | org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-core | 3.11.1.Final | GHSA-29qj-rvv6-qrmv |
| Maven | org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-core | 4.5.3.Final | GHSA-29qj-rvv6-qrmv |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | resteasy | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10688 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | resteasy | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10688 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | resteasy | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10688 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | resteasy3.0 | 3.0.26-3ubuntu0.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10688 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | resteasy3.0 | 3.0.26-3ubuntu0.1 | USN-7630-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | resteasy3.0 | 3.0.26-6ubuntu0.24.04.1 | USN-7630-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-79
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1814974 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/7248 x_refsource_MISC
- https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RESTEASY-2519 x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0008/ x_refsource_CONFIRM