VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-3630

critical
Published 2017-12-29 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Java XML processing functionality in Play before 2.2.6 and 2.3.x before 2.3.5 might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3630-XmlExternalEntity

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
lightbendplay_framework2.2.0
lightbendplay_framework2.2.1
lightbendplay_framework2.2.2
lightbendplay_framework2.3.0
lightbendplay_framework2.3.1
lightbendplay_framework2.3.2
lightbendplay_framework2.3.3
lightbendplay_framework2.3.4
playframeworkplay_framework2.2.0
playframeworkplay_framework2.2.1
playframeworkplay_framework2.2.2
playframeworkplay_framework2.2.3
playframeworkplay_framework2.2.4
playframeworkplay_framework2.2.5

References

CWEs

CWE-611

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.