GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-gp6m-vqhm-5cm5 XML2Dict XML Entity Expansion Vulnerability

HIGH Published 2021-07-02 Modified 2024-11-19 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-25951
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
XML2Dict
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-611, CWE-776
Reviewed
2021-07-01

Affected packages

• PyPI XML2Dict: <= 0.2.2 (no fix yet)

Description

XXE vulnerability in 'XML2Dict' version 0.2.2 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service. The parse function does not properly restrict recursive entity references.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-25951 XXE vulnerability in 'XML2Dict' version 0.2.2 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
  • CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs weakness

References