XML Entity Expansion in XMLBeans - CVE-2021-23926
Published: January 14, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49517
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-2021-23926
CWE-ID: CWE-776
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
XMLBeans
XMLBeans
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-23926
Install updates from vendor's website.