GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-v899-28g4-qmh8 XML External Entity vulnerability in Easy-XML

HIGH Published 2021-11-01 Modified 2024-11-18 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2020-26705
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
easy-xml
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-611
Reviewed
2021-11-01

Affected packages

• PyPI easy-xml: <= 0.5.0 (no fix yet)

Description

The parseXML function in Easy-XML 0.5.0 was discovered to have a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability which allows for an attacker to expose sensitive data or perform a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted external entity entered into the XML content as input.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2020-26705 The parseXML function in Easy-XML 0.5.0 was discovered to have a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability which allows for an attacker to… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References