Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Allowed

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft

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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-7WWR-6QPH-HRH6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 02:02 – Updated: 2022-05-14 02:02
VLAI
Details

Stroom version <5.4.5 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in XML Parser that can result in disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, server side request forgery, port scanning. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted XML file.

Severity
10.0 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-1000651"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-08-20T19:31:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "Stroom version \u003c5.4.5 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in XML Parser that can result in disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, server side request forgery, port scanning. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted XML file.",
  "id": "GHSA-7wwr-6qph-hrh6",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T02:02:39Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T02:02:39Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000651"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gchq/stroom/issues/813"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://0dd.zone/2018/08/08/stroom-XXE"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-7XVQ-VM2P-4R2F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-01 18:30 – Updated: 2025-10-01 18:30
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Details

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.108, 9.3.2408.118 and 9.2.2406.123, a low privilege user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could perform an extensible markup language (XML) external entity (XXE) injection through the dashboard tab label field. The XXE injection has the potential to cause denial of service (DoS) attacks.

Severity
4.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-20369"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611",
      "CWE-776"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-10-01T17:15:40Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.108, 9.3.2408.118 and 9.2.2406.123, a low privilege user that does not hold the \"admin\" or \"power\" Splunk roles could perform an extensible markup language (XML) external entity (XXE) injection through the dashboard tab label field. The XXE injection has the potential to cause denial of service (DoS) attacks.",
  "id": "GHSA-7xvq-vm2p-4r2f",
  "modified": "2025-10-01T18:30:39Z",
  "published": "2025-10-01T18:30:39Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20369"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1004"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-7XWV-XHF6-X5CR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:14 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:14
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Details

A vulnerability has been identified in Teamcenter V12.4 (All versions < V12.4.0.8), Teamcenter V13.0 (All versions < V13.0.0.7), Teamcenter V13.1 (All versions < V13.1.0.5), Teamcenter V13.2 (All versions < 13.2.0.2). The application contains a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability. This could allow an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-40356"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-09-14T11:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A vulnerability has been identified in Teamcenter V12.4 (All versions \u003c V12.4.0.8), Teamcenter V13.0 (All versions \u003c V13.0.0.7), Teamcenter V13.1 (All versions \u003c V13.1.0.5), Teamcenter V13.2 (All versions \u003c 13.2.0.2). The application contains a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability. This could allow an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem.",
  "id": "GHSA-7xwv-xhf6-x5cr",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T19:14:29Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:14:29Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40356"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-987403.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

GHSA-8222-6FC8-MHVF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2019-01-25 16:18 – Updated: 2021-06-15 16:59
VLAI
Summary
Vulnerability that affects org.springframework.ws:spring-ws and org.springframework.ws:spring-xml
Details

Spring Web Services, versions 2.4.3, 3.0.4, and older unsupported versions of all three projects, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) when receiving XML data from untrusted sources.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.springframework.ws:spring-ws"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.4.4"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 3.0.4"
      },
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        "name": "org.springframework.ws:spring-ws"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "3.0.0"
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            {
              "fixed": "3.0.6"
            }
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        }
      ]
    },
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.springframework.ws:spring-xml"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            {
              "fixed": "2.4.4"
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        }
      ]
    },
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        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 3.0.4"
      },
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        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.springframework.ws:spring-xml"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0.6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-3773"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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      "CWE-611"
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:23:54Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-01-18T22:29:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "Spring Web Services, versions 2.4.3, 3.0.4, and older unsupported versions of all three projects, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) when receiving XML data from untrusted sources.",
  "id": "GHSA-8222-6fc8-mhvf",
  "modified": "2021-06-15T16:59:20Z",
  "published": "2019-01-25T16:18:52Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3773"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8222-6fc8-mhvf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-3773"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Vulnerability that affects org.springframework.ws:spring-ws and org.springframework.ws:spring-xml"
}

GHSA-826P-4GCG-35VW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-09 23:14 – Updated: 2025-06-09 23:14
VLAI
Summary
GeoTools has XML External Entity (XXE) Processing Vulnerability in XSD schema handling
Details

Summary

GeoTools Schema class use of Eclipse XSD library to represent schema data structure is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) exploit.

Impact

This impacts whoever exposes XML processing with gt-xsd-core involved in parsing, when the documents carry a reference to an external XML schema. The gt-xsd-core Schemas class is not using the EntityResolver provided by the ParserHandler (if any was configured).

This also impacts users of gt-wfs-ng DataStore where the ENTITY_RESOLVER connection parameter was not being used as intended.

Resolution

GeoTools API change allows EntityResolver to be supplied to the following methods:

Schemas.parse( location, locators, resolvers, uriHandlers, entityResolver);
Schemas.findSchemas(Configuration configuration, EntityResolver entityResolver);

With this API change the gt-wfs-ng WFS DataStore ENTITY_RESOLVER parameter is now used.

Reference

  • GHSA-jj54-8f66-c5pc: Describes the impact of the gt-xsd-core vulnerability on the GeoServer WFS protocol, resulting in both Service Side Request Forgery (SSRF) and Out-of-Band (OOB) data exfiltration of local files.

  • GHSA-2p76-gc46-5fvc: Describes the impact of the gt-wfs-ng and gt-xsd-core vulnerability on the GeoNetwork WFS Index functionality.

Severity
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.geotools:gt-xsd-core"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "33.0"
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            {
              "fixed": "33.1"
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      "versions": [
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        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 31.6"
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        "name": "org.geotools:gt-xsd-core"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "29.0"
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      },
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      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            {
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          ],
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        }
      ]
    },
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        "name": "org.geotools:gt-wfs-ng"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            {
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            }
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        }
      ]
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  ],
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      "CWE-611"
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-06-09T23:14:48Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\n\nGeoTools Schema class use of Eclipse XSD library to represent schema data structure is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) exploit.\n\n### Impact\n\nThis impacts whoever exposes XML processing with ``gt-xsd-core`` involved in parsing, when the documents carry a reference to an external XML schema. The ``gt-xsd-core`` Schemas class is not using the EntityResolver provided by the ParserHandler (if any was configured).\n\nThis also impacts users of ``gt-wfs-ng`` DataStore where the ENTITY_RESOLVER connection parameter was not being used as intended.\n\n### Resolution\n\nGeoTools API change allows EntityResolver to be supplied to the following methods:\n\n```java\nSchemas.parse( location, locators, resolvers, uriHandlers, entityResolver);\nSchemas.findSchemas(Configuration configuration, EntityResolver entityResolver);\n```\n\nWith this API change the `gt-wfs-ng` WFS DataStore ENTITY_RESOLVER parameter is now used.\n\n### Reference\n\n* [GHSA-jj54-8f66-c5pc](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jj54-8f66-c5pc): Describes the impact of the ``gt-xsd-core`` vulnerability on the GeoServer WFS protocol, resulting in both Service Side Request Forgery (SSRF) and Out-of-Band (OOB) data exfiltration of local files.\n\n* [GHSA-2p76-gc46-5fvc](https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-2p76-gc46-5fvc): Describes the impact of the ``gt-wfs-ng`` and ``gt-xsd-core`` vulnerability on the GeoNetwork WFS Index functionality.",
  "id": "GHSA-826p-4gcg-35vw",
  "modified": "2025-06-09T23:14:48Z",
  "published": "2025-06-09T23:14:48Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-2p76-gc46-5fvc"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jj54-8f66-c5pc"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/geotools/geotools/security/advisories/GHSA-826p-4gcg-35vw"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/geotools/geotools"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "GeoTools has XML External Entity (XXE) Processing Vulnerability in XSD schema handling"
}

GHSA-827C-2VM3-7RQG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-01 00:00 – Updated: 2022-09-03 00:00
VLAI
Details

Delta Electronics Delta Robot Automation Studio (DRAS) versions prior to 1.13.20 are affected by improper restrictions where the software 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. This may allow an attacker to view sensitive documents and information on the affected host.

Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-2759"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-08-31T16:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Delta Electronics Delta Robot Automation Studio (DRAS) versions prior to 1.13.20 are affected by improper restrictions where the software 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. This may allow an attacker to view sensitive documents and information on the affected host.",
  "id": "GHSA-827c-2vm3-7rqg",
  "modified": "2022-09-03T00:00:16Z",
  "published": "2022-09-01T00:00:24Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2759"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-228-03"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8288-C5XC-3655

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:42 – Updated: 2022-05-17 02:42
VLAI
Details

An XML External Entity Injection vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos Space versions prior to 16.1R1 may allow an authenticated user to read arbitrary files on the device.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-2308"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-05-30T14:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "An XML External Entity Injection vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos Space versions prior to 16.1R1 may allow an authenticated user to read arbitrary files on the device.",
  "id": "GHSA-8288-c5xc-3655",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T02:42:17Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:42:17Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2308"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10770"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98755"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-82GQ-J5JH-598W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:31 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:31
VLAI
Details

FrostWire version <= frostwire-desktop-6.7.4-build-272 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Man in the middle on update that can result in Disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, SSRF, port scanning. This attack appear to be exploitable via Man in the middle the call to update the software.

Severity
9.0 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-1000828"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-12-20T15:29:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "FrostWire version \u003c= frostwire-desktop-6.7.4-build-272 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Man in the middle on update that can result in Disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, SSRF, port scanning. This attack appear to be exploitable via Man in the middle the call to update the software.",
  "id": "GHSA-82gq-j5jh-598w",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:31:03Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:31:03Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000828"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/frostwire/frostwire/issues/829"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://0dd.zone/2018/10/28/frostwire-XXE-MitM"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-82Q6-M96J-XJ8R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:11 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:11
VLAI
Details

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in api/rest/status in SearchBlox 8.6.7 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD in an XML request.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-11586"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-06-05T21:29:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in api/rest/status in SearchBlox 8.6.7 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD in an XML request.",
  "id": "GHSA-82q6-m96j-xj8r",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T03:11:43Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:11:43Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11586"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gurelahmet.com/searchblox-8-6-7-out-of-band-xml-external-entity-oob-xxe-cve-2018-11586"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44827"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148032/SearchBlox-8.6.7-XML-External-Entity-Injection.html"
    }
  ],
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-82Q9-88M2-4V68

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-29 15:30 – Updated: 2023-12-05 22:53
VLAI
Summary
Jenkins MATLAB Plugin XML External Entity vulnerability
Details

Jenkins MATLAB Plugin determines whether a user-specified directory on the Jenkins controller is the location of a MATLAB installation by parsing an XML file in that directory.

MATLAB Plugin 2.11.0 and earlier does not perform permission checks in several HTTP endpoints implementing related form validation.

Additionally, these HTTP endpoints do not require POST requests, resulting in a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.

Additionally, the plugin does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This allows attackers able to create files on the Jenkins controller file system to have Jenkins parse a crafted XML document that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins controller or server-side request forgery.

MATLAB Plugin 2.11.1 configures its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

Additionally, POST requests and Item/Configure permission are required for the affected HTTP endpoints.

Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.jenkins-ci.plugins:matlab"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.11.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-49656"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-11-29T21:31:55Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-11-29T14:15:07Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Jenkins MATLAB Plugin determines whether a user-specified directory on the Jenkins controller is the location of a MATLAB installation by parsing an XML file in that directory.\n\nMATLAB Plugin 2.11.0 and earlier does not perform permission checks in several HTTP endpoints implementing related form validation.\n\nAdditionally, these HTTP endpoints do not require POST requests, resulting in a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.\n\nAdditionally, the plugin does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This allows attackers able to create files on the Jenkins controller file system to have Jenkins parse a crafted XML document that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins controller or server-side request forgery.\n\nMATLAB Plugin 2.11.1 configures its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.\n\nAdditionally, POST requests and Item/Configure permission are required for the affected HTTP endpoints.",
  "id": "GHSA-82q9-88m2-4v68",
  "modified": "2023-12-05T22:53:10Z",
  "published": "2023-11-29T15:30:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49656"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-11-29/#SECURITY-3193"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/29/1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Jenkins MATLAB Plugin XML External Entity vulnerability"
}
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.

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