CVE-2025-53689 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-53689

Apache Jackrabbit: XXE vulnerability in jackrabbit-spi-commons

Vulnerability Description

Blind XXE Vulnerabilities in jackrabbit-spi-commons and jackrabbit-core in Apache Jackrabbit < 2.23.2 due to usage of an unsecured document build to load privileges. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 2.20.17 (Java 8), 2.22.1 (Java 11) or 2.23.2 (Java 11, beta versions), which fix this issue. Earlier versions (up to 2.20.16) are not supported anymore, thus users should update to the respective supported version.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Lars Krapf - Adobe
  • Dylan Pindur - Assetnote
  • Adam Kues - Assetnote

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Affected Vendor

Apache Software Foundation

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Affected Software

Apache Jackrabbit
Vulnerable Versions:
2.20.0, 2.22.0, 2.23.0-beta

Timeline

Official Publish: July 14th, 2025
Last Modified: November 4th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-611

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1040 Network Sniffing
Collection
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact