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Dom4J CVE-2018-1000632

HIGH
XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection) (CWE-91)
2018-08-20 cve@mitre.org
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Aug 20, 2018 - 19:31 nvd
HIGH 7.5

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 19,918 maven packages depend on dom4j:dom4j (1,558 direct, 18,556 indirect)
  • 188 maven packages depend on org.dom4j:dom4j (50 direct, 139 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 1.6.1 and other introduced versions.

DescriptionNVD

dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1 or later.

AnalysisAI

dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-91. dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1 or later. Affected products include: Dom4J Project Dom4J, Debian Debian Linux, Oracle Flexcube Investor Servicing, Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management, Oracle Rapid Planning. Version information: version 2.1.1.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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