XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting umlet package, versions <15.1+ds-1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.32% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2504-UMLET-9830706
  • published26 Apr 2025
  • disclosed26 Jun 2018

Introduced: 26 Jun 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:25.04 umlet to version 15.1+ds-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream umlet package and not the umlet package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:25.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Umlet version < 14.3 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in File parsing that can result in disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, server side request forgery. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted UXF file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 14.3.