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XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core package, versions [,5.3.0)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-COMFASTERXMLWOODSTOX-2928754
  • published 16 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 16 Jun 2022
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 16 Jun 2022

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How to fix?

Upgrade com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core to version 5.3.0 or higher.

Overview

com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core is a None

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection. due to insecure processing and missing restriction of XML files. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted malicious XML file that contains XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
9.4 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    Low