Hutool
CVE-2023-3276
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A02:2025 - Security Misconfiguration
ASVS 5.0
V13 - Configuration XML external entity prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Dromara HuTool up to 5.8.19. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Disable external entity processing in XML parsers, use JSON instead of XML where possible.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in maven
Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.
Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as XML External Entity (XXE) (CWE-611), which allows attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing. A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Dromara HuTool up to 5.8.19. Affected by this issue is the function readBySax of the file XmlUtil.java of the component XML Parsing Module. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-231626 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. Affected products include: Dromara Hutool. Version information: up to 5.8.19..
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Dromara HuTool up to 5.8.19. Affected by this issue is the function readBySax of the file XmlUtil.java of the component XML Parsing Module. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-231626 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Attack Technique
XML External Entity (XXE) attacks exploit XML parsers that process Document Type Definitions (DTDs) without proper restrictions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
hutool v5.8.21 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component jsonObject.putByPath. Rated critical severi
hutool v5.8.21 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component jsonArray. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.
SQL Inection vulnerability in Dromara hutool before 5.8.21 allows attacker to execute arbitrary code via the aviator tem
Deserialization vulnerability in Dromara Hutool v5.8.11 allows attacker to execute arbitrary code via the XmlUtil.readOb
The NumberUtil.toBigDecimal method in hutool-core v5.8.23 was discovered to contain a stack overflow. Rated high severit
hutool-core v5.8.23 was discovered to contain an infinite loop in the StrSplitter.splitByRegex function. Rated high seve
hutool v5.8.21 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component JSONUtil.parse(). Rated high severity (CVSS
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Dromara HuTool up to 5.8.10. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this
A stack overflow in the org.json.JSONTokener.nextValue::JSONTokener.java component of hutool-json v5.8.10 allows attacke
hutool-json v5.8.10 was discovered to contain an out of memory error. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability
A stack overflow in the XML.toJSONObject component of hutool-json v5.8.10 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service
Hutool v5.8.17 and below was discovered to contain an information disclosure vulnerability via the File.createTempFile()
GitHub PoC
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