GHSA-jvv4-8wxx-m5r6 — wicket-parent
HIGHGHSA-jvv4-8wxx-m5r6 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Information Exposure vulnerability in org.apache.wicket:wicket-parent. A fix is available for org.apache.wicket:wicket-parent — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Apache Wicket has an Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-jvv4-8wxx-m5r6.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-jvv4-8wxx-m5r6 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,636 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
org.apache.wicket:wicket-parent☕org.apache.wicket:wicket-parent☕org.apache.wicket:wicket-parentReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Wicket.
This issue affects Apache Wicket: from 8.0.0 through 8.17.0, from 9.0.0 through 9.22.0, from 10.0.0 through 10.8.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 10.9.0, which fixes the issue.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.apache.wicket:wicket-parent | ≥ 8.0.0-M1 | No fix |
| ☕Maven | org.apache.wicket:wicket-parent | ≥ 9.0.0-M1 | No fix |
| ☕Maven | org.apache.wicket:wicket-parent | ≥ 10.0.0-M1&&< 10.9.0 | 10.9.0org.apache.wicket:wicket-parent:10.9.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.apache.wicket:wicket-parent, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
No patched version of org.apache.wicket:wicket-parent has shipped for GHSA-jvv4-8wxx-m5r6 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-jvv4-8wxx-m5r6 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-jvv4-8wxx-m5r6. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-jvv4-8wxx-m5r6 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-jvv4-8wxx-m5r6 across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.