CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-1700
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-09-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
Description
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability in the Policy Engine of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP), which is also leveraged by Forcepoint One Endpoint (F1E), Web Security Content Gateway, Email Security with DLP enabled, and Cloud Security Gateway prior to June 20, 2022. The XML parser in the Policy Engine was found to be improperly configured to support external entities and external DTD (Document Type Definitions), which can lead to an XXE attack. This issue affects: Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) versions prior to 8.8.2. Forcepoint One Endpoint (F1E) with Policy Engine versions prior to 8.8.2. Forcepoint Web Security Content Gateway versions prior to 8.5.5. Forcepoint Email Security with DLP enabled versions prior to 8.5.5. Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway prior to June 20, 2022.
Affected configurations
• forcepoint cloud security gateway (< 2022-06-20)
• forcepoint data loss prevention (< 8.8.2)
• forcepoint email security (< 8.5.5)
• forcepoint one endpoint with policy engine (< 8.8.2)
• forcepoint web security content gateway (< 8.5.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2022-1700.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2022-1700.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory