GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-6pcc-3rfx-4gpm Dom4j contains a XML Injection vulnerability

HIGH Published 2018-10-16 Modified 2022-04-26 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2018-1000632
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.dom4j:dom4j, dom4j:dom4j
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-91
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• Maven org.dom4j:dom4j: < 2.0.3 → fixed in 2.0.3 • Maven org.dom4j:dom4j: >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.1 → fixed in 2.1.1 • Maven dom4j:dom4j: <= 1.6.1 (no fix yet)

Description

dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1 or later. Note: This advisory applies to `dom4j:dom4j` version 1.x legacy artifacts. To resolve this a change to the latest version of `org.dom4j:dom4j` is recommended.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2018-1000632 dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-91 XML Injection weakness

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