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CVE-2020-10683
May 01, 2020
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.
Affected Packages
org.dom4j:dom4j (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.1.0 <2.1.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.1.3
org.dom4j:dom4j (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.0.0-RC1 <2.0.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.0.3
Related Resources (29)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10683
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0002
https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91c64cd51e68e97d524395474eaa25362d564572276b9917fcbf5c32%40%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0002/
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51@%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/releases/tag/version-2.1.3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10683
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4575-1
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51%40%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4575-1/
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51f3f9801058e47153c0ad9bc6209d57a592fc0e7aefd787760911b8%40%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/1707bf3d898a8ada3b213acb0e3b38f16eaae73d
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91c64cd51e68e97d524395474eaa25362d564572276b9917fcbf5c32@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51f3f9801058e47153c0ad9bc6209d57a592fc0e7aefd787760911b8@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
7.5
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CWE-611
EPSS
Base Score:
7.68