Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Allowed

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

1831 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-5X73-R429-P343

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-28 03:30 – Updated: 2026-01-28 03:30
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Details

This High severity XXE (XML External Entity Injection) vulnerability was introduced in version 7.1.0 of Crowd Data Center and Server.

This XXE (XML External Entity Injection) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 7.9, allows an authenticated attacker to access local and remote content which has high impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and requires no user interaction.

Atlassian recommends that Crowd Data Center and Server customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions:

    * Crowd Data Center and Server 7.1: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 7.1.3



See the release notes (https://confluence.atlassian.com/crowd/crowd-release-notes-199094.html). You can download the latest version of Crowd Data Center and Server from the download center (https://www.atlassian.com/software/crowd/download-archive).

This vulnerability was reported via our Atlassian (Internal) program.
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-28T01:16:14Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-5x73-r429-p343",
  "modified": "2026-01-28T03:30:29Z",
  "published": "2026-01-28T03:30:29Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21569"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1712324819"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-6453"
    }
  ],
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-5X77-R5QJ-224H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-02-21 09:30 – Updated: 2023-03-03 00:30
VLAI
Details

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in UIKit0 libplist 1.12. This affects the function plist_from_xml of the file src/xplist.c of the component XML Handler. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. The name of the patch is c086cb139af7c82845f6d565e636073ff4b37440. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221499.

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    "nvd_published_at": "2023-02-21T07:15:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in UIKit0 libplist 1.12. This affects the function plist_from_xml of the file src/xplist.c of the component XML Handler. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. The name of the patch is c086cb139af7c82845f6d565e636073ff4b37440. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221499.",
  "id": "GHSA-5x77-r5qj-224h",
  "modified": "2023-03-03T00:30:45Z",
  "published": "2023-02-21T09:30:21Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-10082"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://github.com/UIKit0/libplist/commit/c086cb139af7c82845f6d565e636073ff4b37440"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221499"
    },
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      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.221499"
    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-5X8P-X36C-4GWR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-04 12:00 – Updated: 2022-11-05 12:00
VLAI
Details

CandidATS version 3.0.0 allows an external attacker to read arbitrary files from the server. This is possible because the application is vulnerable to XXE.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-42745"
  ],
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    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
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    "nvd_published_at": "2022-11-03T20:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "CandidATS version 3.0.0 allows an external attacker to read arbitrary files from the server. This is possible because the application is vulnerable to XXE.",
  "id": "GHSA-5x8p-x36c-4gwr",
  "modified": "2022-11-05T12:00:21Z",
  "published": "2022-11-04T12:00:25Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42745"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://candidats.net"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/jcole"
    }
  ],
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-5XH7-6V3X-VRHJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:10 – Updated: 2023-01-14 05:23
VLAI
Summary
XXE vulnerability in Rundeck Plugin
Details

Rundeck Plugin 3.6.6 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

This allows a user with Overall/Read access to have Jenkins parse a crafted HTTP request with XML data that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins controller or server-side request forgery.

Rundeck Plugin 3.6.7 disables external entity resolution for its XML parser.

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  "affected": [
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.jenkins-ci.plugins:rundeck"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            {
              "fixed": "3.6.7"
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          ],
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-2144"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-01-14T05:23:09Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-03-09T16:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Rundeck Plugin 3.6.6 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.\n\nThis allows a user with Overall/Read access to have Jenkins parse a crafted HTTP request with XML data that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins controller or server-side request forgery.\n\nRundeck Plugin 3.6.7 disables external entity resolution for its XML parser.",
  "id": "GHSA-5xh7-6v3x-vrhj",
  "modified": "2023-01-14T05:23:09Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:10:28Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2144"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/rundeck-plugin/commit/9222a2101d994b43b6c399630da978a4cf2ea62f"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/rundeck-plugin"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-03-09/#SECURITY-1702"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/09/1"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "XXE vulnerability in Rundeck Plugin"
}

GHSA-5XXV-J4HW-GP2P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:44 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:44
VLAI
Details

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Zabbix 1.8.x before 1.8.21rc1, 2.0.x before 2.0.13rc1, 2.2.x before 2.2.5rc1, and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted DTD in an XML request.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2014-3005"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-02-01T17:29:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Zabbix 1.8.x before 1.8.21rc1, 2.0.x before 2.0.13rc1, 2.2.x before 2.2.5rc1, and 2.3.x before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted DTD in an XML request.",
  "id": "GHSA-5xxv-j4hw-gp2p",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T03:44:10Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:44:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3005"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110496"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-8151"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20140622034155/http://www.pnigos.com:80/?p=273"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134885.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134909.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/87"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68075"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6296-MVGP-27HP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-07-08 00:00 – Updated: 2022-07-08 17:53
VLAI
Summary
XML External Entity Reference in Eclipse Lyo
Details

In Eclipse Lyo versions 1.0.0 to 4.1.0, a TransformerFactory is initialized with the defaults that do not restrict DTD loading when working with RDF/XML. This allows an attacker to cause an external DTD to be retrieved.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 4.1.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.eclipse.lyo:lyo-parent"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.0.0.Final"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-41042"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-07-08T17:53:33Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-07-07T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In Eclipse Lyo versions 1.0.0 to 4.1.0, a TransformerFactory is initialized with the defaults that do not restrict DTD loading when working with RDF/XML. This allows an attacker to cause an external DTD to be retrieved.",
  "id": "GHSA-6296-mvgp-27hp",
  "modified": "2022-07-08T17:53:33Z",
  "published": "2022-07-08T00:00:42Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41042"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse/lyo/commit/a8b15b7f49ca15e55f6699749c39705d21367c6e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse/lyo"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse/lyo/releases/tag/v5.0.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/emo-team/emo/-/issues/287"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "XML External Entity Reference in Eclipse Lyo"
}

GHSA-63JF-339P-RVPM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-13 21:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 03:27
VLAI
Details

All versions of Talend Data Catalog before 8.0-20230110 are potentially vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks in the /MIMBWebServices/license endpoint of the remote harvesting server.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-26263"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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      "CWE-611"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-04-13T19:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "All versions of Talend Data Catalog before 8.0-20230110 are potentially vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks in the /MIMBWebServices/license endpoint of the remote harvesting server.",
  "id": "GHSA-63jf-339p-rvpm",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T03:27:24Z",
  "published": "2023-04-13T21:30:27Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26263"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://talend.com"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.talend.com/security/incident-response/#CVE-2023-26264"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-63VX-FX7J-2X6P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-02 06:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:59
VLAI
Details

FD Application Apr. 2022 Edition (Version 9.01) and earlier improperly restricts XML external entity references (XXE). By processing a specially crafted XML file, arbitrary files on the system may be read by an attacker.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-42132"
  ],
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      "CWE-611"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-10-02T05:15:26Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "FD Application Apr. 2022 Edition (Version 9.01) and earlier improperly restricts XML external entity references (XXE). By processing a specially crafted XML file, arbitrary files on the system may be read by an attacker.",
  "id": "GHSA-63vx-fx7j-2x6p",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T07:59:54Z",
  "published": "2023-10-02T06:30:15Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42132"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN39596244"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.fd-shinsei.mhlw.go.jp/download/software/index.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-649W-VM59-W5HC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:54 – Updated: 2023-01-31 21:30
VLAI
Details

IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.1.0 through V5.2.0 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 162737.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-4419"
  ],
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      "CWE-611"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-08-20T19:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.1.0 through V5.2.0 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 162737.",
  "id": "GHSA-649w-vm59-w5hc",
  "modified": "2023-01-31T21:30:18Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T16:54:08Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4419"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162737"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10956433"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-64F2-MH2M-9CJ7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:48 – Updated: 2024-04-04 03:06
VLAI
Details

An XML External Entities (XXE)vulnerability in Callback Assist could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to information that is stored on an affected system. The affected versions of Callback Assist includes all 4.0.x versions before 4.7.1.1 Patch 7.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-7036"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-04-23T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "An XML External Entities (XXE)vulnerability in Callback Assist could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to information that is stored on an affected system. The affected versions of Callback Assist includes all 4.0.x versions before 4.7.1.1 Patch 7.",
  "id": "GHSA-64f2-mh2m-9cj7",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T03:06:26Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:48:22Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7036"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/101075450"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Mitigation
Implementation System Configuration

Many XML parsers and validators can be configured to disable external entity expansion.

CAPEC-221: Data Serialization External Entities Blowup

This attack takes advantage of the entity replacement property of certain data serialization languages (e.g., XML, YAML, etc.) where the value of the replacement is a URI. A well-crafted file could have the entity refer to a URI that consumes a large amount of resources to create a denial of service condition. This can cause the system to either freeze, crash, or execute arbitrary code depending on the URI.