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.
CVE-2020-10683 - Critical Severity Vulnerability
POM and identification for artifact that was not possible to uniquely identify as a maven dependency.
Library home page: http://dom4j.org
Path to dependency file: /t/sub1/pom.xml
Path to vulnerable library: /2/repository/dom4j/dom4j/1.6.1/dom4j-1.6.1.jar
Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **dom4j-1.6.1-2.0.jar** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: 37c7d89138d443bae9926a0184046f8d8c7dda51
Found in base branch: master
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.
Publish Date: 2020-05-01
URL: CVE-2020-10683
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: High - Integrity Impact: High - Availability Impact: High
For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.Type: Upgrade version
Release Date: 2020-05-01
Fix Resolution: org.dom4j:dom4j:2.1.3,org.dom4j:dom4j:2.0.3
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