CVE-2025-66516-POC

⚠️ READ DISCLAIMER BEFORE USE ⚠️ Educational/Authorized Testing Only | License | Security Policy About This POC This repository contains a proof-of-concept POC exploit for CVE-2025-66516 , an XML External Entity XXE injection vulnerability in Apache Tika versions prior to 3.2.2. The vulnerability...

Apache Tika - XML External Entity Injection

Apache Tika tika-core 1.13-3.2.1, tika-pdf-module 2.0.0-3.2.1, and tika-parsers 1.13-1.28.5 contain an XML External Entity injection caused by processing crafted XFA files inside PDFs, letting attackers perform XXE attacks remotely, exploit requires crafted PDF input. id: CVE-2025-66516 info: nam...

Security Bulletin: Impacted IBM Optim 1.0.0 and 1.1.0  by vulnerabilities in Apache Tika PDF parser module

Summary IBM Optim versions 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 include open-source package Apache Tika that is affected by a critical vulnerability. IBM Optim 1.2.0 resolves this vulnerability by upgrading the affected open-source dependency to a fixed version. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2025-54988 DESCRIPTION:...

SUSE CVE-2026-5894

Inappropriate implementation in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page. Chromium security severity: Low...

InvoiceShelf code-related vulnerabilities

InvoiceShelf is an open-source invoice and expense management application developed by InvoiceShelf. Versions of InvoiceShelf prior to 2.2.0 had code vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities stemmed from uncleaned HTML provided by users in the invoice PDF generation module, which could lead to...

Atlassian Confluence 7.7.x < 8.5.31 / 8.6.x < 9.2.13 / 9.3.1 < 10.2.2 (CONFSERVER-101878)

The version of Atlassian Confluence Server running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CONFSERVER-101878 advisory. - 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 o...

Atlassian Confluence 7.19 < 8.5.31 / 8.6.x < 9.2.13 / 9.3.x < 10.2.2 (CONFSERVER-101872)

The version of Atlassian Confluence Server running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CONFSERVER-101872 advisory. - Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core 1.13-3.2.1, tika-pdf-module 2.0.0-3.2.1 and tika-parsers 1.13-1.28.5 modules on all platforms allows an...

Atlassian Jira Service Management Data Center and Server 10.3.0 < 10.3.13 / 11.0.x < 11.2.0 (JSDSERVER-16478)

The version of Atlassian Jira Service Management Data Center and Server Jira Service Desk running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the JSDSERVER-16478 advisory. - Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-parser-pdf-module in Apache Tika 1.13 through and including 3.2.1 o...

Atlassian Confluence < 8.5.31 / 8.6.x < 9.2.13 / 9.3.x < 10.2.2 (CONFSERVER-101788)

The version of Atlassian Confluence Server running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CONFSERVER-101788 advisory. - Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core 1.13-3.2.1, tika-pdf-module 2.0.0-3.2.1 and tika-parsers 1.13-1.28.5 modules on all platforms allows an...

Apache Tika Code Execution

The vulnerability of the tika-core, tika-pdf-module, and tika-parsers modules in the Apache Tika content discovery and analysis framework is related to an incorrect limitation on XML links to external objects. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code by...

Critical XXE Bug CVE-2025-66516 (CVSS 10.0) Hits Apache Tika, Requires Urgent Patch

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in Apache Tika that could result in an XML external entity XXE injection attack. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-66516 , is rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring scale, indicating maximum severity. "Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core 1.13-3.2.1,...

CVE-2025-66516

A XML External Entity XXE injection vulnerability was found in the Apache Tika framework's PDF parsing functionality. It could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to exploit the system by providing a specially crafted PDF containing an XFA XML Forms Architecture file. This flaw could lead to...

ai.driftkit:driftkit-context-engineering-spring-ai-starter (>=0.6.0, <=0.9.2), ai.driftkit:driftkit-context-engineering-spring-boot-starter (>=0.5.0, <=0.9.2) +335 more potentially affected by CVE-2025-66516 via org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module (>=2.0.0, <=3.2.1)

org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module MAVEN version =2.0.0, =0.6.0, =0.5.0, =0.7.0, =0.7.0, =0.5.0, =0.8.3, =0.8.3, =0.8.3, =0.5.0, =0.5.0, =1.2.0, =1.0.3.1-jdk21, =1.0.0, =1.0.0, =1.0, =1.4 and more Source cves: CVE-2025-66516 Source advisory: GHSA-F58C-GQ56-VJJF...

ai.driftkit:driftkit-context-engineering-spring-ai-starter (>=0.6.0, <=0.9.2), ai.driftkit:driftkit-context-engineering-spring-boot-starter (>=0.5.0, <=0.9.2) +335 more potentially affected by CVE-2025-66516 via org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module (>=2.0.0, <=3.2.1)

org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module MAVEN version =2.0.0, =0.6.0, =0.5.0, =0.7.0, =0.7.0, =0.5.0, =0.8.3, =0.8.3, =0.8.3, =0.5.0, =0.5.0, =1.2.0, =1.0.3.1-jdk21, =1.0.0, =1.0.0, =1.0, =1.4 and more Source cves: CVE-2025-66516 Source advisory: OSV:GHSA-F58C-GQ56-VJJF...

GHSA-F58C-GQ56-VJJF Apache Tika has XXE vulnerability

Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core 1.13-3.2.1, tika-pdf-module 2.0.0-3.2.1 and tika-parsers 1.13-1.28.5 modules on all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside of a PDF. This CVE covers the same vulnerability as in CVE-2025-54988...

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-66516

Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core 1.13-3.2.1, tika-pdf-module 2.0.0-3.2.1 and tika-parsers 1.13-1.28.5 modules on all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside of a PDF. This CVE covers the same vulnerability as in CVE-2025-54988...

CVE-2025-66516

Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core 1.13-3.2.1, tika-pdf-module 2.0.0-3.2.1 and tika-parsers 1.13-1.28.5 modules on all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside of a PDF. This CVE covers the same vulnerability as in CVE-2025-54988...

CVE-2025-66516

CVE-2025-66516 is a critical XXE in Apache Tika affecting tika-core (1.13-3.2.1), tika-pdf-module (2.0.0-3.2.1) and tika-parsers (1.13-1.28.5). The root cause is XML External Entity injection triggered by a crafted XFA file in a PDF, allowing an attacker to access sensitive data or trigger intern...

CVE-2025-66516

Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core 1.13-3.2.1, tika-pdf-module 2.0.0-3.2.1 and tika-parsers 1.13-1.28.5 modules on all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside of a PDF. This CVE covers the same vulnerability as in CVE-2025-54988...

ai.driftkit:driftkit-context-engineering-spring-ai-starter (>=0.6.0, <=0.9.2), ai.driftkit:driftkit-context-engineering-spring-boot-starter (>=0.5.0, <=0.9.2) +335 more potentially affected by CVE-2025-66516 via org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module (>=2.0.0, <=3.2.1)

org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module MAVEN version =2.0.0, =0.6.0, =0.5.0, =0.7.0, =0.7.0, =0.5.0, =0.8.3, =0.8.3, =0.8.3, =0.5.0, =0.5.0, =1.2.0, =1.0.3.1-jdk21, =1.0.0, =1.0.0, =1.0, =1.4 and more Source cves: CVE-2025-66516 Source advisory: MEND:CVE-2025-66516...