CVE-2020-10683
Description
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 how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Oracle Corp.
commercial·USaka oracle
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
netapp
commercial·US
Maven
package-ecosystem
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
and 50 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques Collection
Initial Access
References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.html
lists.opensuse.org
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
oracle.com
https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html
cheatsheetseries.owasp.org
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