Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in RESTEasy

  • Disclosed: 17.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:20

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default exception handler in RESTEasy allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client < 3.0.20.Final, >= 3.1.0.Beta1, < 3.1.0.CR1 3.0.20.Final, 3.1.0.CR1

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client
Disclosed
17.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-r346-rmrg-qpgh - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
7
First → latest
06.2021 05.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 2
  • Medium 5

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 1
  2. 2022: 6
  3. 2023: 0
  4. 2024: 0
  5. 2025: 0
  6. 2026: 0
  1. High · 7.5 CVE-2020-1695 >= 4.0.0, < 4.6.0, >= 3.0.0, < 3.12.0 4.6.0, 3.12.0
  2. Medium · 6.5 CVE-2016-6345 < 3.0.20.Final, >= 3.1.0.Beta1, < 3.1.0.CR1 3.0.20.Final, 3.1.0.CR1
  3. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2016-6348 < 3.0.20.Final 3.0.20.Final
  4. Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in RESTEasy this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2016-6347 < 3.0.20.Final, >= 3.1.0.Beta1, < 3.1.0.CR1 3.0.20.Final, 3.1.0.CR1
  5. High CVE-2014-3490 >= 2.3.1, < 2.3.8.SP2, >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.9.Final 2.3.8.SP2, 3.0.9.Final
  6. Medium · 5.3 CVE-2020-25633 >= 4.0.0, < 4.5.7.Final, < 3.14.0.Final 4.5.7.Final, 3.14.0.Final

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