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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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  • Medium —

    Apache Camel XML External Entity vulnerability

    XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the XML converter setup in converter/jaxp/XmlConverter.java in Apache Camel before 2.13.4 and 2.14.x before 2.14.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity in an SAXSource.

  • High —
    CVE-2015-0254 EPSS 12%

    XXE in Apache Standard Taglibs

    Apache Standard Taglibs before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XSLT extension in a (1) <x:parse> or (2) <x:transform> JSTL XML tag.

  • Medium —

    XML External Entity Reference in RESTEasy

    DocumentProvider in RESTEasy 2.3.7 and 3.0.9 does not configure the (1) external-general-entities or (2) external-parameter-entities features, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via unspecified vectors.

  • Medium —

    Several Zend Products Vulnerable to XXE and XEE attacks

    Zend Framework 1 (ZF1) before 1.12.4, Zend Framework 2 before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.6, ZendOpenId, ZendRest, ZendService_AudioScrobbler, ZendService_Nirvanix, ZendService_SlideShare, ZendService_Technorati, and ZendService_WindowsAzure before 2.0.2, Zend…

  • Medium —

    Several Zend Products Vulnerable to XXE and XEE attacks

    Zend Framework 1 (ZF1) before 1.12.4, Zend Framework 2 before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.6, ZendOpenId, ZendRest, ZendService_AudioScrobbler, ZendService_Nirvanix, ZendService_SlideShare, ZendService_Technorati, and ZendService_WindowsAzure before 2.0.2, Zend…

  • Medium —

    Several Zend Products Vulnerable to XXE and XEE attacks

    Zend Framework 1 (ZF1) before 1.12.4, Zend Framework 2 before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.6, ZendOpenId, ZendRest, ZendService_AudioScrobbler, ZendService_Nirvanix, ZendService_SlideShare, ZendService_Technorati, and ZendService_WindowsAzure before 2.0.2, Zend…

  • Medium —
    CVE-2014-3529 EPSS 13%

    Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache POI

    The OPC SAX setup in Apache POI before 3.10.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an OpenXML file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

  • Medium —

    Moodle Arbitrary File Read via XML External Entity vulnerability

    mod/imscp/locallib.php in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.7, 2.6.x before 2.6.4, and 2.7.x before 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a package with a manifest file containing an XML external entity declarati…

  • High —

    XML External Entity Reference in org.picketlink:picketlink-common

    The org.picketlink.common.util.DocumentUtil.getDocumentBuilderFactory method in PicketLink, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBEAP) 5.2.0 and 6.2.4, expands entity references, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary code and p…

  • Medium —
    CVE-2014-3004 Public exploit

    Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Castor

    The default configuration for the Xerces SAX Parser in Castor before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML document.

  • Medium —

    PHPExcel vulnerable to XXE attacks through libxml

    PHPExcel before 1.8.0, as used in ownCloud Server before 5.0.15 and 6.0.x before 6.0.2, does not disable external entity loading in libxml, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or possibly have other impact via an …

  • High —

    getID3 is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE)

    getID3() before 1.9.8, as used in ownCloud Server before 5.0.15 and 6.0.x before 6.0.2, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or possibly have other impact via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.

  • Medium —

    SOAPpy vulnerable to XML External Entity attacks

    SOAPpy 0.12.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a SOAP request containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

  • High —
    CVE-2012-6612 EPSS 10%

    Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache Solr

    The (1) UpdateRequestHandler for XSLT or (2) XPathEntityProcessor in Apache Solr before 4.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML…

  • Medium —
    CVE-2013-6407 EPSS 11%

    Apache Solr UpdateRequestHandler for XML resolves XML External Entities

    The UpdateRequestHandler for XML in Apache Solr before 4.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

  • Medium —

    Zend Framework XXE Vulnerability

    The (1) Zend_Feed_Rss and (2) Zend_Feed_Atom classes in Zend_Feed in Zend Framework 1.11.x before 1.11.15 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, and possibly cause a denial of service (…

  • Medium —

    XML External Entity (XXE) in Django

    The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex and Folsom, Django, and possibly other products allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an ent…

  • Medium —

    XML Entity Expansion (XEE) in Django

    The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex, Folsom, and Grizzly; Compute (Nova) Essex and Folsom; Cinder Folsom; Django; and possibly other products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (r…

  • Critical 9.1
    CVE-2012-3363 Public exploit EPSS 49%

    Zend Framework XXE Vulnerability

    Zend_XmlRpc in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 does not properly handle SimpleXMLElement classes, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an external entity reference in a DOCTYPE element …

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2012-4399 Public exploit EPSS 12%

    CakePHPallows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via XML data containing external entity references

    The Xml class in CakePHP 2.1.x before 2.1.5 and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via XML data containing external entity references, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

  • High 7.5

    feedparser denial of service vulnerability

    Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML ENTITY declaration in a non-ASCII encoded document.

  • Medium 6.5
    CVE-2011-4107 Public exploit EPSS 13%

    phpMyAdmin vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE) injection attack

    The simplexml_load_string function in the XML import plug-in (libraries/import/xml.php) in phpMyAdmin 3.4.x before 3.4.7.1 and 3.3.x before 3.3.10.5 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via XML data containing external entity references, …