XML External Entity injection in Spring Integration - CVE-2019-3772
Published: January 24, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17187
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3772
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Pivotal
Affected software:
Spring Integration
Spring Integration
Detailed vulnerability description
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
How to mitigate CVE-2019-3772
The vulnerability has been addressed in the versions 4.3.19, 5.0.11, 5.1.2.