GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-34wj-p5jm-2p96 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in python-docx

HIGH Published 2022-05-13 Modified 2024-10-25 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-5851
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
python-docx
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-611
Reviewed
2022-07-06

Affected packages

• PyPI python-docx: < 0.8.6 → fixed in 0.8.6

Description

python-docx before 0.8.6 allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted document.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-5851 python-docx before 0.8.6 allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted document. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

References