GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-fxhp-wrw9-3r97 XML external entity (XXE) injection in Apache Nutch

CRITICAL Published 2022-03-18 Modified 2022-03-18 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-23901
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.nutch:nutch
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-611
Reviewed
2021-04-06

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.nutch:nutch: < 1.18 → fixed in 1.18

Description

An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the Nutch DmozParser and is known to affect Nutch versions < 1.18. XML external entity injection (also known as XXE) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with an application's processing of XML data. It often allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem, and to interact with any back-end or external systems that the application itself can access. This issue is fixed in Apache Nutch 1.18.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-23901 An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the Nutch DmozParser and is known to affect Nutch versions < 1.18. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References