XML Entity Expansion in XMLBeans - CVE-2021-23926

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU49517

XML Entity Expansion in XMLBeans - CVE-2021-23926

Published: January 14, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU49517
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: 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-2021-23926
CWE-ID: CWE-776
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
XMLBeans
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing XML data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML data to the application and perform XML Entity Expansion attacks.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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