CWE-611
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Description
The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.
Hierarchy (View 1000)
Parents
Children
none
Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-221
CVEs mapped to this weakness (1,372)
page 52 of 69| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-46722 | Med | 0.38 | — | 0.00 | May 19, 2026 | The OOXML parsing of the file indexer does not disable external entity resolution. A crafted xlsx or pptx document placed in an indexed directory can cause local files to be read or outbound HTTP requests to be performed, with the retrieved content being written to the search… | ||
| CVE-2025-54992 | Med | 0.38 | — | 0.00 | Aug 11, 2025 | OpenKilda is an open-source OpenFlow controller. Prior to version 1.164.0, an XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was found in OpenKilda which in combination with GHSL-2025-024 allows unauthenticated attackers to exfiltrate information from the instance where the… | ||
| CVE-2025-53621 | Med | 0.38 | 6.9 | 0.00 | Jul 15, 2025 | DSpace open source software is a repository application which provides durable access to digital resources. Two related XML External Entity (XXE) injection possibilities impact all versions of DSpace prior to 7.6.4, 8.2, and 9.1. External entities are not disabled when parsing… | ||
| CVE-2025-6438 | Med | 0.38 | — | 0.00 | Jul 11, 2025 | A CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability exists that could cause manipulation of SOAP API calls and XML external entities injection resulting in unauthorized file access when the server is accessed via the network using an application… | ||
| CVE-2025-49493 | Med | 0.38 | 5.8 | 0.02 | Jun 30, 2025 | Akamai CloudTest before 60 2025.06.02 (12988) allows file inclusion via XML External Entity (XXE) injection. | ||
| CVE-2024-56356 | Med | 0.38 | 5.9 | 0.00 | Dec 20, 2024 | In JetBrains TeamCity before 2024.12 insecure XMLParser configuration could lead to potential XXE attack | ||
| CVE-2024-31139 | Med | 0.38 | 5.9 | 0.00 | Mar 28, 2024 | In JetBrains TeamCity before 2024.03 xXE was possible in the Maven build steps detector | ||
| CVE-2024-28039 | Med | 0.38 | 5.8 | 0.01 | Mar 18, 2024 | Improper restriction of XML external entity references vulnerability exists in FitNesse all releases, which allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, alter data, or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. | ||
| CVE-2023-28828 | Med | 0.38 | 5.9 | 0.01 | Apr 11, 2023 | A vulnerability has been identified in Polarion ALM (All versions < V22R2). The application contains a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability. This could allow an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem. | ||
| CVE-2022-3340 | Med | 0.38 | 5.9 | 0.01 | Nov 4, 2022 | XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Trellix IPS Manager prior to 10.1 M8 allows a remote authenticated administrator to perform XXE attack in the administrator interface part of the interface, which allows a saved XML configuration file to be imported. | ||
| CVE-2021-42537 | Med | 0.38 | 5.9 | 0.01 | Jul 27, 2022 | VISAM VBASE version 11.6.0.6 processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output. | ||
| CVE-2022-23170 | Med | 0.38 | 5.9 | 0.01 | Jun 24, 2022 | SysAid - Okta SSO integration - was found vulnerable to XML External Entity Injection vulnerability. Any SysAid environment that uses the Okta SSO integration might be vulnerable. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit the XXE vulnerability by sending a malformed POST request… | ||
| CVE-2018-17247 | Med | 0.38 | 5.9 | 0.01 | Dec 20, 2018 | Elasticsearch Security versions 6.5.0 and 6.5.1 contain an XXE flaw in Machine Learning's find_file_structure API. If a policy allowing external network access has been added to Elasticsearch's Java Security Manager then an attacker could send a specially crafted request capable… | ||
| CVE-2018-5434 | Med | 0.38 | 5.8 | 0.01 | Jun 13, 2018 | The TIBCO Designer component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Runtime Agent, and TIBCO Runtime Agent for z/Linux contains vulnerabilities wherein a malicious user could perform XML external entity expansion (XXE) attacks to disclose host machine information. Affected releases are… | ||
| CVE-2017-6344 | Med | 0.38 | 5.9 | 0.02 | Feb 27, 2017 | XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Grails PDF Plugin 0.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document. | ||
| CVE-2016-7458 | Med | 0.38 | 5.8 | 0.01 | Dec 29, 2016 | VMware vSphere Client 5.5 before U3e and 6.0 before U2a allows remote vCenter Server and ESXi instances to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. | ||
| CVE-2023-6147 | Med | 0.37 | 5.7 | 0.01 | Jan 9, 2024 | Qualys Jenkins Plugin for Policy Compliance prior to version and including 1.0.5 was identified to be affected by a security flaw, which was missing a permission check while performing a connectivity check to Qualys Cloud Services. This allowed any user with login access to… | ||
| CVE-2023-38490 | Med | 0.37 | 6.8 | 0.02 | Jul 27, 2023 | Kirby is a content management system. A vulnerability in versions prior to 3.5.8.3, 3.6.6.3, 3.7.5.2, 3.8.4.1, and 3.9.6 only affects Kirby sites that use the `Xml` data handler (e.g. `Data::decode($string, 'xml')`) or the `Xml::parse()` method in site or plugin code. The Kirby… | ||
| CVE-2019-6194 | Med | 0.37 | 5.7 | 0.01 | Feb 14, 2020 | An XML External Entity (XXE) processing vulnerability was reported in Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) versions prior to 2.6.6 that could allow information disclosure. | ||
| CVE-2018-0414 | Med | 0.37 | 5.7 | 0.02 | Oct 5, 2018 | A vulnerability in the web-based UI of Cisco Secure Access Control Server could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to certain information in an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of XML External Entities (XXEs) when parsing an… |
- risk 0.38cvss —epss 0.00
The OOXML parsing of the file indexer does not disable external entity resolution. A crafted xlsx or pptx document placed in an indexed directory can cause local files to be read or outbound HTTP requests to be performed, with the retrieved content being written to the search…
- risk 0.38cvss —epss 0.00
OpenKilda is an open-source OpenFlow controller. Prior to version 1.164.0, an XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was found in OpenKilda which in combination with GHSL-2025-024 allows unauthenticated attackers to exfiltrate information from the instance where the…
- risk 0.38cvss 6.9epss 0.00
DSpace open source software is a repository application which provides durable access to digital resources. Two related XML External Entity (XXE) injection possibilities impact all versions of DSpace prior to 7.6.4, 8.2, and 9.1. External entities are not disabled when parsing…
- risk 0.38cvss —epss 0.00
A CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability exists that could cause manipulation of SOAP API calls and XML external entities injection resulting in unauthorized file access when the server is accessed via the network using an application…
- risk 0.38cvss 5.8epss 0.02
Akamai CloudTest before 60 2025.06.02 (12988) allows file inclusion via XML External Entity (XXE) injection.
- risk 0.38cvss 5.9epss 0.00
In JetBrains TeamCity before 2024.12 insecure XMLParser configuration could lead to potential XXE attack
- risk 0.38cvss 5.9epss 0.00
In JetBrains TeamCity before 2024.03 xXE was possible in the Maven build steps detector
- risk 0.38cvss 5.8epss 0.01
Improper restriction of XML external entity references vulnerability exists in FitNesse all releases, which allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, alter data, or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
- risk 0.38cvss 5.9epss 0.01
A vulnerability has been identified in Polarion ALM (All versions < V22R2). The application contains a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability. This could allow an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem.
- risk 0.38cvss 5.9epss 0.01
XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Trellix IPS Manager prior to 10.1 M8 allows a remote authenticated administrator to perform XXE attack in the administrator interface part of the interface, which allows a saved XML configuration file to be imported.
- risk 0.38cvss 5.9epss 0.01
VISAM VBASE version 11.6.0.6 processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.
- risk 0.38cvss 5.9epss 0.01
SysAid - Okta SSO integration - was found vulnerable to XML External Entity Injection vulnerability. Any SysAid environment that uses the Okta SSO integration might be vulnerable. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit the XXE vulnerability by sending a malformed POST request…
- risk 0.38cvss 5.9epss 0.01
Elasticsearch Security versions 6.5.0 and 6.5.1 contain an XXE flaw in Machine Learning's find_file_structure API. If a policy allowing external network access has been added to Elasticsearch's Java Security Manager then an attacker could send a specially crafted request capable…
- risk 0.38cvss 5.8epss 0.01
The TIBCO Designer component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Runtime Agent, and TIBCO Runtime Agent for z/Linux contains vulnerabilities wherein a malicious user could perform XML external entity expansion (XXE) attacks to disclose host machine information. Affected releases are…
- risk 0.38cvss 5.9epss 0.02
XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Grails PDF Plugin 0.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document.
- risk 0.38cvss 5.8epss 0.01
VMware vSphere Client 5.5 before U3e and 6.0 before U2a allows remote vCenter Server and ESXi instances to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
- risk 0.37cvss 5.7epss 0.01
Qualys Jenkins Plugin for Policy Compliance prior to version and including 1.0.5 was identified to be affected by a security flaw, which was missing a permission check while performing a connectivity check to Qualys Cloud Services. This allowed any user with login access to…
- risk 0.37cvss 6.8epss 0.02
Kirby is a content management system. A vulnerability in versions prior to 3.5.8.3, 3.6.6.3, 3.7.5.2, 3.8.4.1, and 3.9.6 only affects Kirby sites that use the `Xml` data handler (e.g. `Data::decode($string, 'xml')`) or the `Xml::parse()` method in site or plugin code. The Kirby…
- risk 0.37cvss 5.7epss 0.01
An XML External Entity (XXE) processing vulnerability was reported in Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) versions prior to 2.6.6 that could allow information disclosure.
- risk 0.37cvss 5.7epss 0.02
A vulnerability in the web-based UI of Cisco Secure Access Control Server could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to certain information in an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of XML External Entities (XXEs) when parsing an…