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
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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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Critical 9.3
Multiple XXE Vulnerabilities
Improper restriction of XML external entity reference vulnerability in N-able N-central allows XML Schema Poisoning. This issue affects N-central: before 26.4.1.
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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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Critical 9.1
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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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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Critical 9.6
Adobe Experience Manager | Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611)
Adobe Experience Manager is affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated access to internal re…
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Critical 9.3
http4s-scala-xml has an XML External Entity (XXE) processing issue
http4s-scala-xml provides `EntityDecoder[F, scala.xml.Elem]` instances that parse XML message bodies. Prior to versions 0.24.1 and 1.0.0-M39, these decoders used a `javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory` obtained from `SAXParserFactory.newInstance` without any s…
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Critical 9.3
JasperReports Server: XXE Injection Vulnerability (Unauthenticated)
Improper restriction of XML external entity reference vulnerability (unauthenticated) in Jaspersoft JasperReports Server. This issue affects JasperReports Server: from 9.0.0 before HF-9 and from 10.0.0 before HF-10.
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Critical 9.8
libpvestorage-perl v9.1.1 and libpve-storage-perl v8.3.7 were discovered to contain an XML External Entity (XXE) vulner…
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Critical 9.6
Adobe Experience Manager | Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611)
Adobe Experience Manager 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…
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Critical 9.8
OpenCMS v20 and before is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) in the Admin Import DB feature due to insecure XML pa…
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Critical 9.1
Apache OpenNLP: XXE via Dictionary Parsing in DictionaryEntryPersistor
XML External Entity (XXE) via Unsanitized Dictionary Parsing in Apache OpenNLP DictionaryEntryPersistor Versions Affected: before 2.5.9, before 3.0.0-M3 Description: The DictionaryEntryPersistor class initializes a static SAXParserFactory at class-load time w…
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Critical 9.3
Tolgee has an XXE Injection in Translation Import
Tolgee is an open-source localization platform. Prior to 3.166.3, the XML parsers used for importing Android XML resources (.xml) and .resx files don't disable external entity processing. An authenticated user who can import translation files into a project c…
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Critical 9.8CVE-2025-65482 Public exploit
XDocReport affected by an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability
An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in opensagres XDocReport v0.9.2 to v2.0.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted .docx file.
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Critical 9.8
NovaRad NovaPACS Diagnostics Viewer 8.5 XML External Entity Injection
NovaRad NovaPACS Diagnostics Viewer 8.5.19.75 contains an unauthenticated XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in XML preference import settings. Attackers can craft malicious XML files with DTD parameter entities to retrieve arbitrary system fil…
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Critical 9.1
XML external entity (XXE) injection in eyoucms v1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted …
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Critical 9.1
XML External Entity Injection in TecConnect 4.1
A blind XML External Entity (XXE) injection in the OpenMessaging webservice in TecCom TecConnect 4.1 allows an unauthenticated attacker to exfiltrate arbitrary files to an attacker-controlled server. TecConnect 4.1 is considered end-of-life as of December 202…
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Critical 9.3
ColdFusion | Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611)
ColdFusion versions 2025.2, 2023.14, 2021.20 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sens…
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Critical 9.9
GeoTools, GeoServer, and GeoNetwork XML External Entity (XXE) Processing Vulnerability in XSD schema handling
GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. GeoTools Schema class use of Eclipse XSD library to represent schema data structure is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) exploit. This impacts whoever exposes XML pr…
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Critical 9.3
GeoServer has improper ENTITY_RESOLUTION_ALLOWLIST URI validation in XML Processing (SSRF)
GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. An improper URI validation vulnerability exists that enables an unauthorized attacker to perform XML External Entities (XEE) attack, then send GET request to any HTTP serv…
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Critical 9.9
GeoTools has XML External Entity (XXE) Processing Vulnerability in XSD schema handling
### 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 docum…
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Critical 9.1
WordPress Category Icon plugin <= 1.0.3 - XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in pixelgrade Category Icon category-icon allows XML Entity Linking.This issue affects Category Icon: from n/a through <= 1.0.3.
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Critical 9.3
XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in WebDriverManager
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in bonigarcia webdrivermanager WebDriverManager on Windows, MacOS, Linux (XML parsing components modules) allows Data Serialization External Entities Blowup. This vulnerability is associated …
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Critical 9.3
SysAid On-Prem <= 23.3.40 lshw Proceessing XML External Entity Injection
SysAid On-Prem versions <= 23.3.40 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the lshw processing functionality, allowing for administrator account takeover and file read primitives.
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Critical 9.3
SysAid On-Prem <= 23.3.40 serverurl Proceessing XML External Entity Injection
SysAid On-Prem versions <= 23.3.40 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Server URL processing functionality, allowing for administrator account takeover and file read primitives.
KEV Jul 22, 2025 -
Critical 9.3
SysAid On-Prem <= 23.3.40 Checkin Proceessing XML External Entity Injection
SysAid On-Prem versions <= 23.3.40 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Checkin processing functionality, allowing for administrator account takeover and file read primitives.
KEV Jul 22, 2025 -
Critical 9.1
An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Multiple WSO2 Products
Due to the improper configuration of XML parser, user-supplied XML is parsed without applying sufficient restrictions, enabling XML External Entity (XXE) resolution in multiple WSO2 Products. A successful XXE attack could allow a remote, unauthenticated attac…
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Critical 9.8
RCE in Lucee REST endpoint
Lucee Server (or simply Lucee) is a dynamic, Java based, tag and scripting language used for rapid web application development. The Lucee REST endpoint is vulnerable to RCE via an XML XXE attack. This vulnerability is fixed in Lucee 5.4.3.2, 5.3.12.1, 5.3.7.5…
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Critical 9.1
In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for extern…
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Critical 9.8
An XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in the component /datagrip/upload of Chat2DB v0.3.5 allows attacke…
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Critical 9.8CVE-2024-55875 Public exploit
http4k has a potential XXE (XML External Entity Injection) vulnerability
http4k is a functional toolkit for Kotlin HTTP applications. Prior to version 6.50.0.0, there is a potential XXE (XML External Entity Injection) vulnerability when http4k handling malicious XML contents within requests, which might allow attackers to read loc…
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Critical 9.8
unstructured XML External Entity (XXE)
unstructured v.0.14.2 and before is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) via the XMLParser.
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Critical 9.8
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in dompdf/dompdf
An improper restriction of external entities (XXE) vulnerability in dompdf/dompdf's SVG parser allows for Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) and deserialization attacks. This issue affects all versions prior to 2.0.0. The vulnerability can be exploited even i…
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Critical 9.2
TIBCO Hawk Stored-XEE Vulnerability
XSS Attack in mar.jar, Monitoring Archive Utility (MAR Utility), monitoringconsolecommon.jar in TIBCO Software Inc TIBCO Hawk and TIBCO Operational Intelligence
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Critical 9.8CVE-2024-51132 Public exploit
HAPI FHIR XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability
An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in HAPI FHIR before v6.4.0 allows attackers to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary code via supplying a crafted request containing malicious XML entities.
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Critical 9.2
XML Injection in SFS Consulting's ww.Winsure
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in SFS Consulting ww.Winsure allows XML Injection. This issue affects ww.Winsure: before 4.6.2.
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Critical 9.8
Apache Drill: XXE Vulnerability in XML Format Reader
XXE in the XML Format Plugin in Apache Drill version 1.19.0 and greater allows a user to read any file on a remote file system or execute commands via a malicious XML file. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.21.2, which fixes this issue.
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Critical 9.8
XXE can expose crypt key and other secrets granting full admin access
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.7, 2.4.6-p5, 2.4.5-p7, 2.4.4-p8 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability …
KEV Jul 17, 2024 -
Critical 9.8
Zend-JSON vulnerable to XXE/XEE attacks
Numerous components utilizing PHP's DOMDocument, SimpleXML, and xml_parse functionality are vulnerable to two types of attacks: - XML eXternal Entity (XXE) Injection attacks. The above mentioned extensions are insecure by default, allowing external entities t…
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Critical 9.8
ZendFramework potential XML eXternal Entity injection vectors
Numerous components utilizing PHP's `DOMDocument`, `SimpleXML`, and `xml_parse` functionality are vulnerable to two types of attacks: - XML eXternal Entity (XXE) Injection attacks. The above mentioned extensions are insecure by default, allowing external enti…