XML External Entity injection in Azkaban - CVE-2020-10992
Published: April 1, 2020 / Updated: April 2, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26510
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10992
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Azkaban
Affected software:
Azkaban
Azkaban
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 in "validator/XmlValidatorManager.java" and "user/XmlUserManager.java". A remote attacker 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-2020-10992
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.