XML External Entity injection in Faceted Search - CVE-2026-46722

 

XML External Entity injection in Faceted Search - CVE-2026-46722

Published: May 27, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU132360
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-46722
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ke_search Dev Team
Affected software:
Faceted Search

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the OOXML parsing of the file indexer does not disable external entity resolution. A remote administrator can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-46722

Install updates from vendor's website.

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