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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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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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 8.6CVE-2026-88789 Public exploit
Apache Camel Quarkus: Camel Quarkus: Forced Xalan TransformerFactory drops upstream external-DTD/stylesheet hardening
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in the XSLT support extension (camel-quarkus-support-xalan) in Apache Camel Quarkus from 3.2.0 before 3.33.3 and from 3.34.0 before 3.40.0 on all platforms allows an attacker who supplies the XML document …
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High 8.7CVE-2026-45071 Public exploit
Symfony: XXE (Local File Disclosure) in DomCrawler::addXmlContent() via validateOnParse = true
Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. Prior to 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, Crawler::addXmlContent() set DOMDocument::$validateOnParse = true before loadXML(), re-enabling external entity reso…
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Medium 5.5CVE-2026-6807 Public exploit
NSA GRASSMARLIN Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
A vulnerability in GRASSMARLIN v3.2.1 allows crafted session data to trigger improper handling of XML input, which may result in unintended exposure of sensitive information. The flaw stems from insufficient hardening of the XML parsing process.
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High 7.5CVE-2026-22016 Public exploit
Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java S…
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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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High 8.1
Apache Struts, Apache Struts: XXE vulnerability in outdated XWork component
Missing XML Validation vulnerability in Apache Struts, Apache Struts. This issue affects Apache Struts: from 2.0.0 before 2.2.1; Apache Struts: from 2.2.1 through 6.1.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.1.1, which fixes the issue.
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High 8.4
Apache Tika core, Apache Tika parsers, Apache Tika PDF parser module: Update to CVE-2025-54988 to expand scope of artifacts affected
Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core (1.13-3.2.1), tika-pdf-module (2.0.0-3.2.1) and tika-parsers (1.13-1.28.5) modules on all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside of a PDF. This CVE covers the…
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High 8.2
GeoServer is vulnerable to an Unauthenticated XML External Entities (XXE) attack via WMS GetMap feature
GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. From version 2.26.0 to before 2.26.2 and before 2.25.6, an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability was identified. The application accepts XML input through a specific end…
KEV Dec 11, 2025 -
High 8.4
N-central Multiple XXE Injection Vulnerabilities
N-central versions < 2025.4 are vulnerable to multiple XML External Entities injection leading to information disclosure
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High 8.4
Apache Tika PDF parser module: XXE vulnerability in PDFParser's handling of XFA
Critical XXE in Apache Tika (tika-parser-pdf-module) in Apache Tika 1.13 through and including 3.2.1 on all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside of a PDF. An attacker may be able to read sensiti…
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High 8.0CVE-2025-7766 Public exploit
Lantronix Provisioning Manager Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Lantronix Provisioning Manager is vulnerable to XML external entity attacks in configuration files supplied by network devices, leading to unauthenticated remote code execution on hosts with Provisioning Manager installed.
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Medium 5.8CVE-2025-49493 Public exploit
Akamai CloudTest before 60 2025.06.02 (12988) allows file inclusion via XML External Entity (XXE) injection.
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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 -
Medium 5.5CVE-2025-27136 Public exploit
LocalS3 CreateBucketConfiguration Endpoint XML External Entity (XXE) Injection
LocalS3 is an Amazon S3 mock service for testing and local development. Prior to version 1.21, the LocalS3 service's bucket creation endpoint is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection. When processing the CreateBucketConfiguration XML document duri…
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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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High 8.3CVE-2024-52806 Public exploit
SimpleSAMLphp SAML2 has an XXE in parsing SAML messages
SimpleSAMLphp SAML2 library is a PHP library for SAML2 related functionality. When loading an (untrusted) XML document, for example the SAMLResponse, it's possible to induce an XXE. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.6.14 and 5.0.0-alpha.18.
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Low 2.3CVE-2024-52800 Public exploit
Potential XXE (XML External Entity Injection) vulnerability in veraPDF CLI
veraPDF is an open source PDF/A validation library. Executing policy checks using custom schematron files via the CLI invokes an XSL transformation that may theoretically lead to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. This doesn't affect the standard va…
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Medium 6.5CVE-2024-50848 Public exploit
An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Import object and Translation Memory import functionalities of WorldS…
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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 9.8
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 -
Medium 6.5
Microsoft SharePoint Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft SharePoint Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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High 8.3
An XML external entity or XXE vulnerability in the SAML component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x), Ivanti Policy S…
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High 8.6CVE-2023-45612 Public exploit
In JetBrains Ktor before 2.3.5 default configuration of ContentNegotiation with XML format was vulnerable to XXE
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Medium 6.8CVE-2023-38490 Public exploit
Kirby XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the XML data handler
Kirby is a content management system. A vulnerability in versions prior to 3.5.8.3, 3.6.6.3, 3.7.5.2, 3.8.4.1, and 3.9.6 only affects Kirby sites that use the `Xml` data handler (e.g. `Data::decode($string, 'xml')`) or the `Xml::parse()` method in site or plu…
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Unscored —CVE-2023-20918 Public exploit
In getPendingIntentLaunchFlags of ActivityOptions.java, there is a possible elevation of privilege due to a confused de…
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High 7.5CVE-2022-38840 Public exploit
cgi-bin/xmlstatus.cgi in Güralp MAN-EAM-0003 3.2.4 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue via XML file upl…
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Medium 5.3CVE-2023-20052 Public exploit
On Feb 15, 2023, the following vulnerability in the ClamAV scanning library was disclosed: A vulnerability in the DMG f…
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Unscored —
Access to external entities when parsing XML documents can lead to XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This flaw allows …
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High 7.3CVE-2022-0265 Public exploit
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in hazelcast/hazelcast
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in GitHub repository hazelcast/hazelcast in 5.1-BETA-1.
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High 7.8CVE-2021-46365 Public exploit
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Magnolia CMS
An issue in the Export function of Magnolia v6.2.3 and below allows attackers to execute XML External Entity attacks via a crafted XLF file.
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Medium 5.5CVE-2022-0219 Public exploit
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in skylot/jadx
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in GitHub repository skylot/jadx prior to 1.3.2.
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High 7.1
WordPress Authenticated XXE attack when installation is running PHP 8
Wordpress is an open source CMS. A user with the ability to upload files (like an Author) can exploit an XML parsing issue in the Media Library leading to XXE attacks. This requires WordPress installation to be using PHP 8. Access to internal files is possibl…
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Critical 9.8
XML External Entity attack in log4net
Apache log4net versions before 2.0.10 do not disable XML external entities when parsing log4net configuration files. This allows for XXE-based attacks in applications that accept attacker-controlled log4net configuration files.
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Medium 5.5
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache Olingo
The XML content type entity deserializer in Apache Olingo versions 4.0.0 to 4.6.0 is not configured to deny the resolution of external entities. Request with content type "application/xml", which trigger the deserialization of entities, can be used to trigger…
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Medium 5.9
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in jackson-mapper-asl
A flaw was found in org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.x libraries. XML external entity vulnerabilities similar CVE-2016-3720 also affects codehaus jackson-mapper-asl libraries but in different classes.