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java-xmlbuilder vulnerable to XML External Entity Reference

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 19, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 1, 2024

Package

maven com.jamesmurty.utils:java-xmlbuilder (Maven)

Affected versions

< 1.2

Patched versions

1.2

Description

A vulnerability was found in java-xmlbuilder up to 1.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. Upgrading to version 1.2 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is e6fddca201790abab4f2c274341c0bb8835c3e73. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221480.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 19, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 19, 2023
Reviewed Mar 1, 2023
Last updated Mar 1, 2024

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.327%
(71st percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2014-125087

GHSA ID

GHSA-3vrc-rrpw-r5pw

Source code

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