Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in jackson-dataformat-xml - CVE-2016-7051
Published: May 12, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27704
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7051
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
jackson-dataformat-xml
jackson-dataformat-xml
Software vendor:
FasterXML
FasterXML
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within XmlMapper when processing DTD data. A remote non-authenticated attacker can pass specially crafted XML data and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.