XML External Entity injection in Spring Batch - CVE-2019-3774
Published: January 24, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17186
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3774
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct XXE-attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of XML External Entities (XXEs) when parsing an XML file. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted input and obtain potentially sensitive information or cause the service to crash
Affected software
Spring Batch
How to mitigate CVE-2019-3774
The vulnerability has been addressed in the versions 3.0.10, 4.0.2, 4.1.1.
Spring Batch - addressed in versions 3.0.10, 4.0.2, 4.1.1