Weakness (CWE)
CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
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.
How to prevent it (1 mitigation)
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Implementation, System Configuration
Many XML parsers and validators can be configured to disable external entity expansion.
Source: MITRE CWE-611
936 results · Feed
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Critical 9.9
Adobe Connect | Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611)
Adobe Connect is affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute…
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Low 3.7
JRuby: NONET is bypassed for external DTDs and entities when the systemId uses a short-form IPv4 host
Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for the Ruby programming language. Prior to 1.19.5, on JRuby, applications that parse untrusted XML with DTDLOAD, DTDVALID, or NOENT can have the NONET restriction bypassed when an external DTD or entity uses a …
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Medium 6.1
Microsoft PowerShell Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Improper restriction of xml external entity reference in Microsoft PowerShell allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
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Medium 6.5
Microsoft Dynamics 365 (on-premises) Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Improper restriction of xml external entity reference in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (on-premises) allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
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Critical 9.1
XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence)
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence) does not properly restrict external entity resolution when processing OLAP connection requests. An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access restricted resources, en…
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High 7.2
AIS XML parsers allow external entity resolution
XML parsers process attacker-influenced update manifests or network responses with external entity resolution enabled, potentially allowing XML External Entity (XXE) attacks.
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Unscored —
Apache Axis2/Java: XML External Entity (XXE) injection via imported WSDL/XSD documents
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in Apache Axis2/Java. When a client built an AxisService from a WSDL URL, through ServiceClient or AxisService.createClientSideAxisService, wsdl4j import resolution was enabled and the docume…
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Medium 5.0
DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data has several vulnerabilities
IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to an XML external entity (XXE) injection flaw.
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High 8.2
Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM API Connect
IBM API Connect 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information due to XML external entity (XXE) injection.
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Critical 9.9
Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM API Connect
IBM API Connect 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information due to an XML external entity (XXE) injection.
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Low 2.3
Symfony: XXE (Local File Read) in Config XmlUtils::parse() via validateOnParse = true
The Symfony Config component XmlUtils::parse() enables DTD validation before rejecting documents that carry a doctype, allowing XML external entity (XXE) injection in Symfony versions prior to 5.4.56, 6.x prior to 6.4.50, 7.x prior to 7.4.23, and 8.x prior to…
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Medium 4.3
In JetBrains PhpStorm before 2026.3 xXE was possible in untrusted projects via PHPMD ruleset autodetection
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Low 3.1
In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.3, 2026.2.4 xXE attack was possible via an XML response to an HTTP Client request
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Low 3.5
Apache OFBiz: XML external entity injection (XXE)
XML External Entity (XXE) Injection in ContentWorker in Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08 on all platforms allows a remote authenticated attacker holding content-author permission to read arbitrary server files and trigger server-side request forgery by stor…
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High 7.5
Wowza Streaming Engine before 4.12.2 processes XML external entities, which allows remote attackers to read local files…
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High 8.1
IBM MQ Managed File Transfer is affected by a denial of service vulnerability
IBM MQ 9.2.0.0 through 9.2.0.44 LTS, 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.0.42 LTS, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.0.26 LTS, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.5.1 CD, and 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.0.5 LTS and CD Managed File Transfer could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information o…
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High 7.1
IBM MQ Managed File Transfer is vulnerable to XML external entity injection
IBM MQ 9.2.0.0 through 9.2.0.44 LTS, 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.0.42 LTS, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.0.26 LTS, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.5.1 CD, and 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.0.5 LTS and CD is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A re…
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High 7.1
IBM MQ Managed File Transfer is vulnerable to XML external entity injection
IBM MQ 9.2.0.0 through 9.2.0.44 LTS, 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.0.42 LTS, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.0.26 LTS, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.5.1 CD, and 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.0.5 LTS and CD is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A re…
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Low 3.3
XXE in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM's İmzager
Improper restriction of XML external entity reference vulnerability in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute İmzager allows Serialized Data External Linking. This issue affects İmzager: from 2.10.5 before 2.10.7.
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High 8.2
Quest Foglight for Databases getSource XML External Entity Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Quest Foglight for Databases getSource XML External Entity Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to initiate arbitrary server-side requests on affected installations of Quest Foglight for Databases. Authen…
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High 7.2
Quest Foglight for Databases AbstractParser XML External Entity Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Quest Foglight for Databases AbstractParser XML External Entity Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Quest Foglight for Databases. Authentica…
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Medium 6.5
MailEnable parseObjectResponse XML External Entity Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability
MailEnable parseObjectResponse XML External Entity Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of MailEnable. Authentication is required to exploit thi…
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High 8.2
Copernik XML Factory: Improper restriction of XInclude resource resolution in Copernik XML Factory (stock JDK provider)
Copernik XML Factory provides secure-by-default JAXP factory creation for Java. Prior to 0.1.2, Copernik XML Factory does not block XInclude resource resolution on the stock JDK provider after an application enables XInclude on a factory returned by `XmlFacto…
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High 8.2
XML External Entity injection in Szafir and Szafir Weryfikująca
Szafir and Szafir Weryfikująca are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection. When a user signs or verify a crafted XML file containing a `DOCTYPE` with an external DTD reference, the parser processes external entities, allowing an attacker to read ar…
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High 7.1
XML External Entity (XXE) Injection in Metadata Field Allows Arbitrary File Read
In openEQUELLA before 2026.1, the XML parser used for item metadata does not disable external entity resolution. A user permitted to create items (CREATE_ITEM) can submit crafted XML to POST /api/item and cause the server to read arbitrary files accessible to…
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Medium 6.1
XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in SOAP Interface Allows External Entity Expansion
In openEQUELLA before 2026.1, the SOAP API parses XML supplied in the stopEdit operation with a parser that resolves external entities. This allows an attacker to read arbitrary files accessible to the openEQUELLA service or cause the server to issue requests…
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High 7.5
XML External Entity Reference in Telerik Document Processing Libraries SVG Image Processing
In Progress® Telerik® Document Processing Libraries prior to version 2026.3.1027, an XML external entity reference vulnerability in SVG image processing allows an unauthenticated attacker to read local files on the server via a crafted SVG image with a nested…
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High 8.3
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Tactis' NoviGest Desktop App
XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in the SAFT import feature of the NoviGest Desktop App. The application processes user-controlled XML files using a JAXB Unmarshaller without properly disabling external entity resolution. An attacker with acc…
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High 7.5CVE-2026-90885 Public exploit
Apache Camel: Camel-Saxon XML External Entity Processing - XQueryBuilder Parsed a Message Body That Was Already a javax.xml.transform.Source With Saxon's Default Parser Settings, so an External Entity Declared in That Body Was Resolved
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in Apache Camel Saxon component. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.0.0 before 4.18.5, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.2. XQueryBuilder in camel-saxon, which evaluates expressions for the xquery…
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High 8.7
Kitodo.Production: XXE in XMLUtils EAD/XML upload parsers (parseXMLString / getNumberOfEADElements / checkIfXmlIsWellFormed lack secure JAXP config)
Kitodo.Production is a workflow management tool for mass digitization and is part of the Kitodo Digital Library Suite. Prior to version 3.9.2, org.kitodo.production.helper.XMLUtils exposes several XML parsing helpers that construct a JAXP parser with the defa…
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High 8.8
PhpSpreadsheet: XmlScanner Bypass via Double-Encoded unentity() TOCTOU Allows XXE and Denial of Service
PhpSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. From 3.3.0 until 3.10.8 and 5.10.0, Reader\Xml passes stored SpreadsheetML XML through XmlScanner::scan in Xml::canRead and Xml::trySimpleXMLLoadStringPrivate, while Xml::unentity…
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High 8.8
PhpSpreadsheet: XmlScanner Bypass via ISO-2022 Escape Sequences Allows XXE and Denial of Service
PhpSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. Prior to 1.30.7, 2.1.19, 2.4.8, 3.10.8, and 5.10.0, XmlScanner::scan in src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Security/XmlScanner.php uses a DOCTYPE detection pattern that accounts for NUL-by…
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High 7.5
Apache Abdera: XML external entity expansion in Atom document parsing
UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED Improper restriction of XML external entity references in Apache Abdera allows an attacker to access sensitive data or make server-side requests when an application parses attacker-controlled XML with Abdera. This issue affects Apach…
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Medium 6.8
jdmpview / DTFJ reads arbitrary local files and makes arbitrary outbound requests when opening a third-party diagnostic dump bundle (XXE in XMLIndexReader)
In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.63, opening a supplied diagnostic dump bundle with the jdmpview tool, or equivalent DTFJ code, may cause the analyst's machine to read an arbitrary local file named inside the bundle and send its contents to an arbitrary rem…
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Medium 6.5CVE-2026-91858 Public exploit
Apache Camel: Camel-FOP Resolves External DTDs and Entities From Untrusted XSL-FO Input When a Third-Party JAXP TransformerFactory Is Present
FopProducer transforms the incoming XSL-FO message body by creating a javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory through TransformerFactory.newInstance() and enabling only FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING before running an identity transform over the body. On the JDK's …
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High 8.2CVE-2026-88901 Public exploit
Apache Camel: Camel-Smooks XML External Entity Processing, external entities resolved by default
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in Apache Camel. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.7.0 before 4.18.5, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1. Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in the Smooks component (camel-smo…
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High 7.5CVE-2026-85250 Public exploit
Apache Camel: Camel-XPath XML External Entity Processing and File Disclosure via the documentType=InputSource Option
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in Apache Camel XPath component. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.0.0 before 4.18.5, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1. With documentType set to InputSource, XPathBuilder handed the payload st…
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High 7.1
VOCALOID6 Editor provided by Yamaha Corporation improperly restricts XML external entity references. Loading a speciall…
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High 8.2
XML External Entity injection in Sparx Enterprise Architect
Enterprise Architect is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection in the XSLT Debugger feature. When a user loads a crafted XML file containing a `DOCTYPE` with an external DTD reference, the parser processes external entities, allowing an attacker to…
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High 7.5
Ellucian WebAdvisor 3.2 Unauthenticated XXE Injection
Ellucian WebAdvisor 3.2 contains an unauthenticated XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to submit crafted XML POST requests to the /WebAdvisor/WebAdvisor endpoint without disabling external entity and DTD resolution.…