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PostgreSQL CVE-2020-13692

HIGH
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611)
2020-06-04 cve@mitre.org
7.7
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
7.7 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Jun 04, 2020 - 16:15 nvd
HIGH 7.7

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 4 maven packages depend on org.postgresql:postgresql (2 direct, 2 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 9.4.1212.jre6.

DescriptionNVD

PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (aka PgJDBC) before 42.2.13 allows XXE.

AnalysisAI

PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (aka PgJDBC) before 42.2.13 allows XXE. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as XML External Entity (XXE) (CWE-611), which allows attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing. PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (aka PgJDBC) before 42.2.13 allows XXE. Affected products include: Postgresql Postgresql Jdbc Driver, Quarkus, Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage, Fedoraproject Fedora, Debian Debian Linux. Version information: before 42.2.13.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Disable external entity processing in XML parsers, use JSON instead of XML where possible.

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