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High · 8.1 CVE-2019-7722 EUVD-2022-2524GHSA-57qj-79gh-69w8

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in PMD

Published Feb 11, 2019 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

PMD 5.8.1 and earlier processes XML external entities in ruleset files it parses as part of the analysis process, allowing attackers tampering it (either by direct modification or MITM attacks when using remote rulesets) to perform information disclosure, denial of service, or request forgery attacks. (PMD 6.x is unaffected because of a 2017-09-15 change.)

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-core < 6.0.0 6.0.0 GHSA-57qj-79gh-69w8

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