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CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Base Draft

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)
  1. 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 7.5

    Jenkins Crap4J Plugin vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE) attacks

    Jenkins Crap4J Plugin 0.9 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

  • High 7.1

    Jenkins AbsInt a³ Plugin XML External Entity Reference vulnerability

    Jenkins AbsInt a³ Plugin 1.1.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

  • High 8.2

    XML External Entity (XXE) Injection in OWSLib

    OWSLib is a Python package for client programming with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) web service interface standards, and their related content models. OWSLib's XML parser (which supports both `lxml` and `xml.etree`) does not disable entity resolution, and…

  • High 7.7

    Data leak through a XAR import XXE attack in xwiki-platform-xar-model

    XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions any user with edit rights on a document can trigger an XAR import on a forged XAR file, leading to the ability to display the content…

  • High 8.8

    VMware vRealize Orchestrator contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious actor, with non-administr…

  • High 7.5

    An issue discovered in OpenKM v6.3.10 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via the XMLTextExtractor functio…

  • High 7.4

    Improper restriction of XML external entity reference (XXE) vulnerability exists in tsClinical Define.xml Generator all…

  • High 7.8

    XML External Entity Reference in ureport

    An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in ureport v2.2.9 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted XML file to /ureport/designer/saveReportFile.

  • High 7.5

    Apache NiFi: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity References in ExtractCCDAAttributes

    The ExtractCCDAAttributes Processor in Apache NiFi 1.2.0 through 1.19.1 does not restrict XML External Entity references. Flow configurations that include the ExtractCCDAAttributes Processor are vulnerable to malicious XML documents that contain Document Type…

  • High 8.8

    Mojoportal v2.7 was discovered to contain an authenticated XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability.

  • High 7.8

    All versions before R2022-09 of Talend's Remote Engine Gen 2 are potentially vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) ty…

  • High 7.1

    IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler XML external entity injection

    IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler 9.4, 9.5, and 10.1 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-For…

  • High 8.1

    Vulnerability in the Oracle Web Services Manager product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: XML Security component…

  • High 7.5

    Zoho ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus before 5708 allows attackers to conduct XXE attacks.

  • High 7.5

    BlueCat Device Registration Portal 2.2 allows XXE attacks that exfiltrate single-line files. A single-line file might c…

  • High 7.0

    Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Dragonfly

    Dragonfly is a Java runtime dependency management library. Dragonfly v0.3.0-SNAPSHOT does not configure DocumentBuilderFactory to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This issue is patched in 0.3.1-SNAPSHOT. As a workaround, since Dragonfly only parses …

  • High 8.8

    An authenticated user can perform XML eXternal Entity injection in Management Console in Symantec Identity Manager 14.4

  • High 8.8

    XML External Entity Injection through a custom View in Splunk Enterprise

    In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.12, 8.2.9, and 9.0.2, an authenticated user can perform an extensible markup language (XML) external entity (XXE) injection via a custom View. The XXE injection causes Splunk Web to embed incorrect documents into an err…

  • High 7.5

    XXE vulnerability in Jenkins REPO Plugin

    Jenkins REPO Plugin 1.15.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

  • High 7.5

    XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Compuware Topaz for Total Test Plugin

    Jenkins Compuware Topaz for Total Test Plugin 2.4.8 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2022-42341 EPSS 36%

    Adobe ColdFusion Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference Arbitrary file system read

    Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary file system read. Exploitation of this issue does not re…

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2022-38419 EPSS 54%

    Adobe ColdFusion Solr Service XML External Entity Processing Arbitrary file system read

    Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary file system read. Exploitation of this issue does not re…

  • High 7.1

    IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 6.1 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when process…

  • High 7.5

    Apache SOAP: XML External Entity Injection (XXE) allows unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files via HTTP

    An Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in RPCRouterServlet of Apache SOAP allows an attacker to read arbitrary files over HTTP. This issue affects Apache SOAP version 2.2 and later versions. It is unknown whether previous versi…

  • High 7.5

    Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability in the Policy Engine of Forcepoint Data Los…

  • High 7.5

    MEI2Volpiano is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE), leading to a Denial of Service (DoS)

    DDMAL MEI2Volpiano 0.8.2 is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE), leading to a Denial of Service. This occurs due to the usage of the unsafe 'xml.etree' library to parse untrusted XML input.

  • High 7.6

    Inductive Automation Ignition

    Due to an XML external entity reference, the software parses XML in the backup/restore functionality without XML security flags, which may lead to a XXE attack while restoring the backup.

  • High 7.5

    untangle vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

    untangle is a python library to convert XML data to python objects. untangle versions 1.2.0 and earlier improperly restricts XML external entity references. By exploiting this vulnerability, a remote unauthenticated attacker may read the contents of local fil…

  • High 8.5

    OpenKM XXE Injection

    OpenKM Community Edition in its 6.3.10 version and before was using XMLReader parser in XMLTextExtractor.java file without the required security flags, allowing an attacker to perform a XML external entity injection attack.

  • High 7.5

    Data Systems Consulting Co., Ltd. BPM - XML External Entity (XXE) Injection

    Digiwin BPM has a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability due to insufficient validation for user input. An unauthenticated remote attacker can perform XML injection attack to access arbitrary system files.

  • High 7.1

    XML External Entity Reference in Jenkins Recipe Plugin

    Jenkins Recipe Plugin 1.2 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

  • High 7.1

    VMware Tools for Windows(12.0.0, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious ac…

  • High 7.1

    XML External Entity Reference in Jenkins Storable Configs Plugin

    Jenkins Storable Configs Plugin 1.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

  • High 7.3

    XML External Entity (XXE) Injection

    The package com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-metadata before 3.7.1 are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection due to an insecurely initialized XML parser for reading XMP Metadata. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability if they are able to supp…

  • High 8.8

    Multiple XXE vulnerabilities in OBS

    A Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in SUSE Open Build Service allows remote attackers to reference external entities in certain operations. This can be used to gain information from the server that can be abused to escalate …

  • High 7.5

    Improper Restriction of XML External Entity References in Multiple Components

    Multiple components in Apache NiFi 0.0.1 to 1.16.0 do not restrict XML External Entity references in the default configuration. The Standard Content Viewer service attempts to resolve XML External Entity references when viewing formatted XML files. The follow…

  • High 7.3

    Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in detekt/detekt

    Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in GitHub repository detekt/detekt prior to 1.20.0.

  • High 7.1

    XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in Jenkins Pipeline: Phoenix AutoTest Plugin

    Jenkins Pipeline: Phoenix AutoTest Plugin 1.3 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

  • High 7.1

    enkins Coverage/Complexity Scatter Plot Plugin XML External Entity Reference vulnerability

    Jenkins Coverage/Complexity Scatter Plot Plugin 1.1.1 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

  • High 8.1

    XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Flaky Test Handler Plugin

    Jenkins Flaky Test Handler Plugin 1.2.1 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.