VYPR

CWE-611

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

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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.

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Related attack patterns (CAPEC)

CAPEC-221

CVEs mapped to this weakness (1,377)

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  • CVE-2018-0218LowMar 8, 2018
    risk 0.22cvss 3.3epss 0.01

    A vulnerability in the web-based user interface of the Cisco Secure Access Control Server prior to 5.8 patch 9 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to certain information in the affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of XML…

  • CVE-2018-0207LowMar 8, 2018
    risk 0.22cvss 3.3epss 0.01

    A vulnerability in the web-based user interface of the Cisco Secure Access Control Server prior to 5.8 patch 9 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to certain information in the affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of XML…

  • CVE-2026-49383LowMay 29, 2026
    risk 0.21cvss 3.3epss 0.00

    In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.1 xXE in the UI Designer form parser was possible

  • CVE-2022-4245MedSep 25, 2023
    risk 0.21cvss 4.3epss 0.01

    A flaw was found in codehaus-plexus. The org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XmlWriterUtil#writeComment fails to sanitize comments for a --> sequence. This issue means that text contained in the command string could be interpreted as XML and allow for XML injection.

  • CVE-2024-39586LowOct 9, 2024
    risk 0.19cvss 2.9epss 0.00

    Dell AppSync Server, version 4.3 through 4.6, contains an XML External Entity Injection vulnerability. An adjacent high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information disclosure.

  • CVE-2024-25129LowFeb 22, 2024
    risk 0.18cvss 2.7epss 0.01

    The CodeQL CLI repo holds binaries for the CodeQL command line interface (CLI). Prior to version 2.16.3, an XML parser used by the CodeQL CLI to read various auxiliary files is vulnerable to an XML External Entity attack. If a vulnerable version of the CLI is used to process…

  • CVE-2023-6194LowDec 11, 2023
    risk 0.18cvss 2.8epss 0.00

    In Eclipse Memory Analyzer versions 0.7 to 1.14.0, report definition XML files are not filtered to prohibit document type definition (DTD) references to external entities. This means that if a user chooses to use a malicious report definition XML file containing an external…

  • CVE-2016-0369LowFeb 21, 2018
    risk 0.18cvss 2.7epss 0.01

    XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in IBM Forms Experience Builder 8.5, 8.5.1, and 8.6 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data. IBM X-Force ID: 112088.

  • CVE-2024-42185LowJan 23, 2025
    risk 0.16cvss 2.5epss 0.00

    BigFix Patch Download Plug-ins are affected by an insecure package which is susceptible to XML injection attacks. This allows an attacker to exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious XML content, which can lead to various issues including denial of service and…

  • CVE-2024-52800LowNov 29, 2024
    risk 0.15cvss —epss 0.01

    veraPDF is an open source PDF/A validation library. Executing policy checks using custom schematron files via the CLI invokes an XSL transformation that may theoretically lead to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. This doesn't affect the standard validation and policy…

  • CVE-2026-23739LowFeb 6, 2026
    risk 0.13cvss 2.0epss 0.00

    Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. Prior to versions 20.7-cert9, 20.18.2, 21.12.1, 22.8.2, and 23.2.2, the ast_xml_open() function in xml.c parses XML documents using libxml with unsafe parsing options that enable entity expansion and…

  • CVE-2025-66372LowNov 28, 2025
    risk 0.11cvss 2.8epss 0.00

    Mustang before 2.16.3 allows exfiltrating files via XXE attacks.

  • CVE-2025-47293LowJun 19, 2025
    risk 0.11cvss —epss 0.00

    PowSyBl (Power System Blocks) is a framework to build power system oriented software. Prior to version 6.7.2, in certain places, powsybl-core XML parsing is vulnerable to an XML external entity (XXE) attack and to a server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack. This allows an…

  • CVE-2026-57234LowJun 25, 2026
    risk 0.10cvss 2.6epss 0.00

    Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for the Ruby programming language. Prior to 1.19.4, the NONET parse option, which Nokogiri turns on by default for Nokogiri::XML::Schema (see CVE-2020-26247), was not correctly enforced on the JRuby implementation. As a result, a…

  • CVE-2020-26247LowDec 30, 2020
    risk 0.10cvss 2.6epss 0.01

    Nokogiri is a Rubygem providing HTML, XML, SAX, and Reader parsers with XPath and CSS selector support. In Nokogiri before version 1.11.0.rc4 there is an XXE vulnerability. XML Schemas parsed by Nokogiri::XML::Schema are trusted by default, allowing external resources to be…

  • CVE-2022-2414HigJul 29, 2022
    risk 0.07cvss 7.5epss 0.86

    Access to external entities when parsing XML documents can lead to XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially retrieve the content of arbitrary files by sending specially crafted HTTP requests.

  • CVE-2015-2125Jun 7, 2015
    risk 0.04cvss —epss 0.08

    Unspecified vulnerability in HP WebInspect 7.x through 10.4 before 10.4 update 1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via unknown vectors.

  • CVE-2014-3004Jun 11, 2014
    risk 0.04cvss —epss 0.08

    The default configuration for the Xerces SAX Parser in Castor before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML document.

  • CVE-2015-0254Mar 9, 2015
    risk 0.01cvss —epss 0.13

    Apache Standard Taglibs before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XSLT extension in a (1) <x:parse> or (2) <x:transform> JSTL XML tag.

  • CVE-2026-54366HigJul 30, 2026
    risk 0.00cvss 7.5epss 0.00

    CentreStack before 17.4 contains an XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to exfiltrate arbitrary files by supplying a malicious URL to the SharePoint storage configuration handler. Attackers can send a crafted request to the…