# CVE-2025-53689: Apache Jackrabbit vulnerable to blind XXE attack due to insecure document build

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-53689-apache-jackrabbit-vulnerable-to-blind-xxe-attack-due-to-insecure  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-07-14  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-53689 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-07-14

Apache Jackrabbit vulnerable to blind XXE attack due to insecure document build

Technologies: [org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-core (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-apache-jackrabbit-jackrabbit-core). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-53689 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-53689 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-53689?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 14 July 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.23.0-beta,fixed=2.23.2-beta; org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-spi-commons (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.20.0,fixed=2.20.17.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-53689?** Yes. org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-core (Maven): upgrade to 2.23.2-beta or later; org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-spi-commons (Maven): upgrade to 2.20.17 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-53689?** Check whether you run org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-core (Maven) or org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-spi-commons (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-core (Maven): upgrade to 2.23.2-beta or later

  ```sh
  # set org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-core to 2.23.2-beta in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```

- org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-spi-commons (Maven): upgrade to 2.20.17 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-spi-commons to 2.20.17 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.23.0-beta,fixed=2.23.2-beta
- org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-spi-commons (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.20.0,fixed=2.20.17

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-53689
- GHSA-44c3-38h8-9fh9

## Related threats

- [Apache Jackrabbit: Core and JCR Commons are vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-58782-apache-jackrabbit-core-and-jcr-commons-are-vulnerable-to)
- [Improper Input Validation in Apache Jackrabbit](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2015-1833-improper-input-validation-in-apache-jackrabbit)