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XML External Entity Injection

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XML External Entity (XXE) attacks exploit XML parsers that process Document Type Definitions (DTDs) without proper restrictions.

How It Works

XML External Entity (XXE) attacks exploit XML parsers that process Document Type Definitions (DTDs) without proper restrictions. When an application accepts XML input, an attacker can inject a malicious DOCTYPE declaration containing external entity references. These entities instruct the parser to fetch content from arbitrary locations—either local files on the server or remote URLs.

The attack begins with crafting XML that defines an external entity, such as <!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">, then references it within the document body using &xxe;. When the parser processes this XML, it automatically resolves the entity, reading the specified file and incorporating its contents into the parsed output. Attackers can retrieve this data directly if it's reflected in responses, or use out-of-band techniques when the application doesn't display parsed content.

Beyond basic file retrieval, XXE enables Server-Side Request Forgery by using HTTP/HTTPS URLs in entity declarations, allowing attackers to probe internal networks. Parameter entities create "blind XXE" scenarios where data is exfiltrated through DNS queries or HTTP requests to attacker-controlled servers. The attack surface extends beyond obvious XML endpoints—SVG images, Microsoft Office documents (DOCX/XLSX), and SOAP services all contain XML that parsers process, often without developer awareness.

Impact

  • Arbitrary file disclosure: Read sensitive files like /etc/passwd, application configuration files, source code, or SSH keys
  • Server-Side Request Forgery: Scan internal networks, access cloud metadata services (AWS EC2 metadata), or interact with internal APIs
  • Denial of Service: Exponential entity expansion attacks (Billion Laughs) consume memory and CPU, crashing applications
  • Remote code execution: In specific configurations with expect:// protocol handlers or through PHP's phar:// wrapper exploitation
  • Authentication bypass: Extract credential files or session tokens from filesystem

Real-World Examples

The Facebook career site XXE vulnerability (2014) allowed attackers to read arbitrary files from internal servers by uploading malicious DOCX resumes. The XML contained within the Office document format was parsed without entity restrictions, exposing internal file contents.

Google's XML parsing infrastructure suffered from XXE in several products including Google Toolbar and Google Mini search appliance, where attackers could retrieve configuration files and access internal network resources through crafted XML requests.

Cisco's Security Manager (CVE-2018-15379) contained an XXE vulnerability in its SOAP interface that permitted unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files with root privileges. Attackers exploited this by sending specially crafted SOAP messages containing external entity declarations to the management interface.

Mitigation

  • Disable external entity processing entirely in XML parser configuration (setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/disallow-doctype-decl", true))
  • Disable DTD processing if external entities can't be disabled (setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities", false))
  • Use JSON instead of XML for APIs and data interchange when possible
  • Implement allowlisting for XML schemas and reject documents with DOCTYPE declarations
  • Apply strict input validation on content-type headers to prevent forced XML parsing
  • Use less complex XML parsers or dedicated security-focused parsing libraries
  • Run XML processing in sandboxed environments with restricted filesystem and network access

Recent CVEs (1233)

EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

SAP Business Process Automation (BPA) By Redwood does not sufficiently validate an XML document accepted from an untrusted source resulting in an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE SAP Sap Business Process Automation
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Spacewalk 2.6 contains an API which has an XXE flaw allowing for the disclosure of potentially sensitive information from the server. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Spacewalk Satellite
NVD
EPSS 22% CVSS 3.1
LOW POC PATCH THREAT Monitor

Windows Remote Assistance in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709, Windows. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

Microsoft XXE Information Disclosure +7
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC Act Now

I Librarian I-librarian version 4.8 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in line 154 of importmetadata.php(simplexml_load_string) that can result in an attacker reading the. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE SSRF PHP +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

textpattern version version 4.6.2 contains a XML Injection vulnerability in Import XML feature that can result in Denial of service in context to the web server by exhausting server memory resources. 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.

Denial Of Service XXE Textpattern
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

FreePlane version 1.5.9 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in XML Parser in mindmap loader that can result in stealing data from victim's machine. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Freeplane Debian Linux
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

The Upload File functionality in upload.jspa in Aurea Jive Jive-n 9.0.2.1 On-Premises allows for an XML External Entity attack through a crafted file, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Jive N
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in the import.cgi of the web interface component of the Schneider Electric's Pelco Sarix Professional in all firmware versions prior to 3.29.67. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Schneider Electric XXE Mps110 1 Firmware +19
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management Center, version 9.32. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Project And Portfolio Management Center
NVD
EPSS 18% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

Under certain conditions SAP Internet Graphics Server (IGS) 7.20, 7.20EXT, 7.45, 7.49, 7.53, fails to validate XML External Entity appropriately causing the SAP Internet Graphics Server (IGS) to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE SAP Internet Graphics Server
NVD GitHub
EPSS 41% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

Under certain conditions SAP Internet Graphics Server (IGS) 7.20, 7.20EXT, 7.45, 7.49, 7.53, fails to validate XML External Entity appropriately causing the SAP Internet Graphics Server (IGS) to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE SAP Internet Graphics Server
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Jenkins JUnit Plugin 1.23 and earlier processes XML external entities in files it parses as part of the build process, allowing attackers with user permissions in Jenkins to extract secrets from the. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Jenkins XXE SSRF +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Jenkins Android Lint Plugin 2.5 and earlier processes XML external entities in files it parses as part of the build process, allowing attackers with user permissions in Jenkins to extract secrets. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Jenkins XXE +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Jenkins CCM Plugin 3.1 and earlier processes XML external entities in files it parses as part of the build process, allowing attackers with user permissions in Jenkins to extract secrets from the. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Jenkins XXE SSRF +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A external entity processing information disclosure (XXE) vulnerability in Trend Micro Control Manager 6.0 could allow a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

Trend Micro XXE Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

In Apache jUDDI 3.2 through 3.3.4, if using the WADL2Java or WSDL2Java classes, which parse a local or remote XML document and then mediates the data structures into UDDI data structures, there are. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), 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.

XXE Apache Juddi
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

An issue was discovered in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG 5.x before 5.8.6.9 and 5.9.x before 5.9.1.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service XXE Wing
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Micro Focus Fortify Audit Workbench (AWB) and Micro Focus Fortify Software Security Center (SSC), versions 16.10, 16.20, 17.10. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Fortify Audit Workbench Fortify Software Security Center
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.2
HIGH This Week

IBM Content Navigator 2.0 and 3.0 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

IBM XXE Content Navigator
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Jenkins Warnings Plugin 4.64 and earlier processes XML external entities in files it parses as part of the build process, allowing attackers with user permissions in Jenkins to extract secrets from. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Jenkins XXE SSRF +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Jenkins FindBugs Plugin 4.71 and earlier processes XML external entities in files it parses as part of the build process, allowing attackers with user permissions in Jenkins to extract secrets from. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Jenkins XXE SSRF +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Jenkins DRY Plugin 2.49 and earlier processes XML external entities in files it parses as part of the build process, allowing attackers with user permissions in Jenkins to extract secrets from the. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Jenkins XXE SSRF +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Jenkins Checkstyle Plugin 3.49 and earlier processes XML external entities in files it parses as part of the build process, allowing attackers with user permissions in Jenkins to extract secrets from. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Jenkins XXE SSRF +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Jenkins PMD Plugin 3.49 and earlier processes XML external entities in files it parses as part of the build process, allowing attackers with user permissions in Jenkins to extract secrets from the. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Jenkins XXE SSRF +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to collect customer files via an out-of-band XML External Entity (XXE) injection. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Cisco Webex Meetings Server
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in the Profile Editor of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to have read and write access to information stored in the affected. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Cisco Anyconnect Secure Mobility Client
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Java XML processing functionality in Play before 2.2.6 and 2.3.x before 2.3.5 might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service XXE Java +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

A security researcher found an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability on the Conserus Image Repository archive solution version 2.1.1.105 by McKesson Medical Imaging Company, which is now a Change. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Conserus Image Repository
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe ColdFusion has an XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

XXE Adobe Coldfusion
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Restlet Framework before 2.3.12 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a crafted REST API HTTP request that conducts an XXE attack, because only general external entities (not. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XXE Restlet
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Restlet Framework before 2.3.11, when using SimpleXMLProvider, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via an XXE attack in a REST API HTTP request. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

XXE Restlet
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

SimpleXML (latest version 2.7.1) is vulnerable to an XXE vulnerability resulting SSRF, information disclosure, DoS and so on. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Information Disclosure SSRF +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

TablePress prior to version 1.8.1 allows an attacker to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via unspecified vectors. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Tablepress
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance 9.0.3 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE IBM Security Access Manager 9 0 Firmware
NVD
EPSS 8% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

The XML parsers in iText before 5.5.12 and 7.x before 7.0.3 do not disable external entities, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

XXE Itext
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.10.1 allows remote consumers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving an XPath based selector when dequeuing XML. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

XXE Apache Activemq
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Apollo 1.x before 1.7.1 allows remote consumers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving an XPath based selector when dequeuing XML. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

XXE Apache Activemq Apollo
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library 3.1.3, as used in Apache Archiva, allows remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

SSRF XXE Apache +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

tasks/feed/readRSS.cfm in Mura CMS before 6.2 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the "draggable feeds" feature. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Mura Cms
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The getid3 library in MediaWiki before 1.24.1, 1.23.8, 1.22.15 and 1.19.23 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or possibly have other impact via an XML. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service XXE Mediawiki
NVD
EPSS 94% 6.3 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Remote code execution occurs in Apache Solr before 7.1 with Apache Lucene before 7.1 by exploiting XXE in conjunction with use of a Config API add-listener command to reach the RunExecutableListener. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 93.9%.

Apache XXE Elastic +5
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

The ifmap service that comes bundled with Contrail has an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability that may allow an attacker to retrieve sensitive system files. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Juniper Contrail
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Umbraco CMS before 7.7.3 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading files on the server or sending TCP requests to intranet hosts (aka. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

SSRF XXE Umbraco Cms
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An authorized user could upload a template which contained malicious code and accessed sensitive files via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

XXE Apache Nifi
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.9
CRITICAL Act Now

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the import package functionality of the deployment module in Lansweeper before 6.0.100.67 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information,. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service SSRF XXE +1
NVD
EPSS 29% 4.3 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

The XML-RPC protocol support in Apache Roller before 5.0.3 allows attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via unspecified vectors. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 29.1%.

XXE Apache Roller
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

OpenText Document Sciences xPression (formerly EMC Document Sciences xPression) v4.5SP1 Patch 13 (older versions might be affected as well) is prone to an XML External Entity vulnerability:. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service SSRF XXE +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

When loading models or dictionaries that contain XML it is possible to perform an XXE attack, since Apache OpenNLP is a library, this only affects applications that load models or dictionaries from. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XXE Apache Opennlp
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Apache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via vectors involving (1). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

XXE Apache Tika
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Multiple XML external entity (XXE) vulnerabilities in the OpenText Documentum Webtop 6.8.0160.0073 allow remote authenticated users to list the contents of arbitrary directories, read arbitrary. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Microsoft XXE +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Multiple XML external entity (XXE) vulnerabilities in the OpenText Documentum Administrator 7.2.0180.0055 allow remote authenticated users to list the contents of arbitrary directories, read. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Microsoft XXE +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

During Jelly (xml) file parsing with Apache Xerces, if a custom doctype entity is declared with a "SYSTEM" entity with a URL and that entity is used in the body of the Jelly file, during parser. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

XXE Apache Commons Jelly
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

IBM Business Process Manager 7.5, 8.0, and 8.5 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

XXE IBM Business Process Manager
NVD
EPSS 33% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH THREAT This Month

The Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc) in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 allows an attacker to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 33.1%.

Microsoft XXE Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

XXE in Dive Assistant - Template Builder in Blackwave Dive Assistant - Desktop Edition 8.0 allows attackers to remotely view local files via a crafted template.xml file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Dive Assistant
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In Single Sign-On for Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) 1.3.x versions prior to 1.3.4 and 1.4.x versions prior to 1.4.3, an XXE (XML External Entity) attack was discovered in the Single Sign-On service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

XXE Single Sign On For Pivotal Cloud Foundry
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

XXE in Diving Log 6.0 allows attackers to remotely view local files through a crafted dive.xml file that is mishandled during a Subsurface import. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Diving Log
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the web-based user interface of Cisco SocialMiner could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to have read and write access to information stored in the affected system. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Cisco Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the GlobalProtect internal and external gateway interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.18, 7.0.x before 7.0.17, 7.1.x before 7.1.12, and 8.0.x. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service SSRF Paloalto +2
NVD
EPSS 27% 4.3 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in SAP Netweaver before 7.01. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 27.4%.

XXE SAP Netweaver
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in bkr/server/jobs.py in Beaker before 20.1 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via submitting job XML to the server containing. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Beaker
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

IBM QRadar Network Security 5.4 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE IBM Qradar Network Security
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH This Week

An XXE issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) Liebert SiteScan Web Version 6.5 and prior, ALC WebCTRL Version 6.5 and prior, and Carrier i-Vu Version 6.5 and prior. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE XXE I Vu +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

An XXE vulnerability has been identified in OPC Foundation UA .NET Sample Code before 2017-03-21 and Local Discovery Server (LDS) before 1.03.367. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

Siemens XXE Simatic Pcs7 +3
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

The JAX-RS module in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.12 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.9 provides a number of Atom JAX-RS MessageBodyReaders. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

XXE Apache Cxf
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.2
HIGH This Week

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE IBM Sterling B2b Integrator
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

XML external entity (XXE) processing vulnerability in Trend Micro Control Manager 6.0, if exploited, could lead to information disclosure. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

XXE Trend Micro Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator 5.1 and 5.2 and IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.1 and 2.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML data. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

XXE IBM Sterling B2b Integrator +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL Act Now

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 9.1, 11.3, and 11.5 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE IBM Infosphere Information Server
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an. 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.

Denial Of Service XXE Libexpat +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in com.sap.km.cm.ice in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.5 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

SSRF XXE SAP +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE IBM Bigfix Platform
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

In the XSS Protection API module before 1.0.12 in Apache Sling, the method XSS.getValidXML() uses an insecure SAX parser to validate the input string, which allows for XXE attacks in all scripts. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

XSS Apache SSRF +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Uploaded XML documents were not correctly validated in Apache OpenMeetings 3.1.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

XXE Apache Openmeetings
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

xmlsec 1.2.23 and before is vulnerable to XML External Entity Expansion when parsing crafted input documents, resulting in possible information disclosure or denial of service. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

Denial Of Service XXE Information Disclosure +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

LogicalDoc Community Edition 7.5.3 and prior is vulnerable to XXE when indexing XML documents. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Logicaldoc
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Windows System Information Console in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

Microsoft XXE Information Disclosure +7
NVD
EPSS 18% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Windows Performance Monitor in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 18.0%.

Microsoft XXE Information Disclosure +6
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH This Week

IBM Security Guardium 10.0 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE IBM Security Guardium
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An XML External Entity (XXE) issue exists in OSCI-Transport 1.2 as used in OSCI Transport Library 1.6.1 (Java) and OSCI Transport Library 1.6 (.NET), exploitable by sending a crafted. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Osci Transport Library
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

IBM API Connect 5.0.6.0 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

XXE IBM Api Connect
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.0
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the web-based user interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) and Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker read and write access. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE RCE Cisco +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Citrix XenMobile Server 9.x and 10.x before 10.5 RP3 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Citrix XXE Xenmobile Server
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

IBM Rhapsody DM 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

Denial Of Service XXE IBM +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.4
HIGH POC This Week

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the import playlist feature in Subsonic 6.1.1 might allow remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted XSPF playlist. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

SSRF XXE Subsonic
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 and 10.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

Denial Of Service XXE IBM +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Milton Webdav before 2.7.0.3. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XXE Webdav
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

An XML External Entity Injection vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos Space versions prior to 16.1R1 may allow an authenticated user to read arbitrary files on the device. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Juniper Junos Space
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

XXE vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager before 8.5.2-01 and Hitachi Replication Manager before 8.5.2-00 allows authenticated remote users to read arbitrary files. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Device Manager
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

SAP Business One for Android 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via crafted XML data in a request to. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 10.1%.

Google XXE SAP +1
NVD Exploit-DB
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