XML External Entity injection in Artemis - CVE-2015-3208
Published: July 19, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19265
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3208
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Artemis
Artemis
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input when the XPath selector component allows use of External Entities. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3208
Install updates from vendor's website.