GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-68j8-fp38-p48q Gematik Referenzvalidator has an XXE vulnerability that can lead to a Server Side Request Forgery attack

HIGH Published 2024-09-19 Modified 2024-09-20 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-46984
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
de.gematik.refv.commons:commons
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-611
Reviewed
2024-09-19

Affected packages

• Maven de.gematik.refv.commons:commons: < 2.5.1 → fixed in 2.5.1

Description

Impact The profile location routine in the referencevalidator commons package is vulnerable to XML External Entities) attack due to insecure defaults of the used Woodstox WstxInputFactory. A malicious XML resource can lead to network requests issued by referencevalidator and thus to a Server Side Request Forgery attack. The vulnerability impacts applications which use referencevalidator to process XML resources from untrusted sources. Patches The problem has been patched with the 2.5.1 version of the referencevalidator. Users are strongly recommended to update to this version or a more recent one. Workarounds A pre-processing or manual analysis of input XML resources on existence of DTD definitions or external entities can mitigate the problem. References • OWASP Top 10 XXE#) • Server Side Request Forgery • OWASP XML External Entity Prevention Cheat Sheet

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2024-46984 The reference validator is a tool to perform advanced validation of FHIR resources for TI applications and interoperability standards. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References