XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting com.umlet:umlet-swing package, versions [,14.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-COMUMLET-32394
  • published28 Jun 2018
  • disclosed4 Apr 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-1000548  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade com.umlet:umlet-swing to version 14.3 or higher.

Overview

com.umlet:umlet-swing is an open-source UML tool with a simple user interface.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) in file parsing. This attack occurs when XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser.

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