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CVE-2020-10683

dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing ...

Published: May 1, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-611
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
7.3%
Top 6.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

dom4j allows External Entities by default which might enable XXE attacks

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-611

Affected Products

org.dom4j:dom4jMavenOSS Libraries
dom4j:dom4jMavenOSS Libraries
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Business Process Management SuiteOracle Corp.
On-prem
Databases / relational
Oracle Endeca Information Discovery IntegratorOracle Corp.
On-prem
Databases / relational
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
oracle corp.commercialUSDatabasesaka oracle
and 70 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Initial Access
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10683
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87
github.com
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/1707bf3d898a8ada3b213acb0e3b38f16eaae73d
github.com
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Timeline

Published
May 1, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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