CVE-2025-54988CWE-611

Apache Tika PDF parser module: XXE vulnerability in PDFParser's handling of XFA

High · published August 20, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.4
EPSS
48%
Percentile
98.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Critical XXE in Apache Tika (tika-parser-pdf-module) in Apache Tika 1.13 through and including 3.2.1 on all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside of a PDF. An attacker may be able to read sensitive data or trigger malicious requests to internal resources or third-party servers. Note that the tika-parser-pdf-module is used as a dependency in several Tika packages including at least: tika-parsers-standard-modules, tika-parsers-standard-package, tika-app, tika-grpc and tika-server-standard.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.47948 · 98.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Published
2025-08-20T20:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 OCT 03:26Z
    EPSS moved 37% → 49%
    epss
  • 11 SEP 03:16Z
    EPSS moved 15% → 38%
    epss
  • 20 AUG 20:08Z
    Apache Tika PDF parser module: XXE vulnerability in PDFParser's handling of XFA
    cvelistv5