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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in dom4j up to 2.1.2. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a xml external entity reference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-611. 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
dom4j before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j.
The weakness was presented 05/01/2020 (GitHub Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-10683 since 03/20/2020. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
Upgrading to version 2.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.
See 158165, 158414 and 158465 for similar entries.
Product
Name
Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Xml external entity referenceCWE: CWE-611 / CWE-610
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: dom4j 2.1.3
Timeline
03/20/2020 🔍05/01/2020 🔍
05/02/2020 🔍
10/15/2020 🔍
Sources
Advisory: github.comStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-10683 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 05/02/2020 10:52Updated: 10/15/2020 07:12
Changes: 05/02/2020 10:52 (38), 05/02/2020 10:57 (17), 10/15/2020 07:12 (1)
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