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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 8.6

    XXE vulnerability in XSLT parsing in `org.hl7.fhir.publisher`

    The HL7 FHIR IG publisher is a tool to take a set of inputs and create a standard FHIR IG. Prior to version 1.7.4, XSLT transforms performed by various components are vulnerable to XML external entity injections. A processed XML file with a malicious DTD tag …

  • Low 2.5

    HCL BigFix Patch Download Plug-ins are affected by an insecure package which is susceptible to XML injection attacks

    BigFix Patch Download Plug-ins are affected by an insecure package which is susceptible to XML injection attacks. This allows an attacker to exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious XML content, which can lead to various issues including denial of se…

  • High 7.5

    Apache Ambari: XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in Ambari/Oozie

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  • High 7.8

    CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability exists that could cause information disclo…

  • Medium 5.5

    Vulnerability Report on Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in NB-Designer

    We found a vulnerability Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) in NB-series NX-Designer. Attackers may be able to abuse this vulnerability to disclose confidential data on a computer.

  • High 7.5

    An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Elspec Engineering G5 Digital Fault Recorder Firmware v1.2.1.12 allows at…

  • High 7.5

    An issue was discovered in Elspec G5 digital fault recorder version 1.2.1.12 and earlier. An XML External Entity (XXE) …

  • Low 2.1

    GoCD vulnerable to XXE injection via abuse of pipeline XML "snippet" editing by group admins

    GoCD is a continuous deliver server. GoCD versions prior to 24.4.0 can allow GoCD "group admins" to abuse ability to edit the raw XML configuration for groups they administer to trigger XML External Entity (XXE) injection on the GoCD server. Theoretically, th…

  • Low 2.1

    GoCD vulnerable to XXE injection via abuse of unused XML configuration repository functionality

    GoCD is a continuous deliver server. GoCD versions 16.7.0 through 24.4.0 (inclusive) can allow GoCD admins to abuse a hidden/unused configuration repository (pipelines as code) feature to allow XML External Entity (XXE) injection on the GoCD Server which will…

  • 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…

  • Medium 5.9

    In JetBrains TeamCity before 2024.12 insecure XMLParser configuration could lead to potential XXE attack

  • Medium 5.3

    Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in OpenText™ Operations Bridge Manager allows Input…

  • Critical 9.8

    An XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in the component /datagrip/upload of Chat2DB v0.3.5 allows attacke…

  • High 8.6

    Ucum-java has an XXE vulnerability in XML parsing

    Ucum-java is a FHIR Java library providing UCUM Services. In versions prior to 1.0.9, XML parsing performed by the UcumEssenceService is vulnerable to XML external entity injections. A processed XML file with a malicious DTD tag could produce XML containing d…

  • Critical 9.8
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  • Medium 6.3

    Acrobat Reader | Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611)

    Acrobat Reader versions 24.005.20307, 24.001.30213, 24.001.30193, 20.005.30730, 20.005.30710 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that allows an attacker to provide malicious XML input cont…

  • Medium 6.5

    Microsoft SharePoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    Microsoft SharePoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability

  • Medium 5.1

    A vulnerability has been identified in COMOS V10.3 (All versions < V10.3.3.5.8), COMOS V10.4.0 (All versions), COMOS V1…

  • Medium 5.5

    A vulnerability has been identified in COMOS V10.3 (All versions < V10.3.3.5.8), COMOS V10.4.0 (All versions), COMOS V1…

  • Medium 5.3

    XML Entity Expansion Vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA

    Due to missing validation of XML input, an unauthenticated attacker could send malicious input to an endpoint which leads to XML Entity Expansion attack. This causes limited impact on availability of the application.

  • 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.

  • High 8.8

    SimpleSAMLphp xml-common XXE vulnerability

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  • High 8.3
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  • Low 2.3
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    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…

  • Medium 4.6

    XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in EasyTax

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  • High 7.5

    Possible XML External Entity Injection in OpenText iManager

    Possible XML External Entity Injection in iManager GET parameter has been discovered in OpenText™ iManager 3.2.6.0200.

  • High 7.5

    XXE in PHPSpreadsheet's XLSX reader

    PhpSpreadsheet is a PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. The `XmlScanner` class has a scan method which should prevent XXE attacks. However, in a bypass of the previously reported `CVE-2024-47873`, the regexes from the `findCharSet` method, …

  • High 7.5

    PhpSpreadsheet XmlScanner bypass leads to XXE

    PhpSpreadsheet is a PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. The XmlScanner class has a scan method which should prevent XXE attacks. However, prior to versions 1.9.4, 2.1.3, 2.3.2, and 3.4.0, the regexes used in the `scan` method and the findCh…

  • Medium 6.5

    Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software XML External Entity Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco&nbsp;SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain read and write access to information that is stored on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of XML External …

  • Medium 6.5
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    An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Import object and Translation Memory import functionalities of WorldS…

  • Medium 6.4

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  • High 8.2

    IBM Engineering Insights XML external entity injection

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  • Critical 9.8

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  • Medium 5.1

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  • Critical 9.2

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  • High 8.6

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  • High 8.5

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  • High —

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  • Medium 5.5

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  • Critical 9.8
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