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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 (1290)

EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Azkaban through 3.84.0 allows XXE, related to validator/XmlValidatorManager.java and user/XmlUserManager.java. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Java XXE Azkaban
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Mulesoft APIkit through 1.3.0 allows XXE because of validation/RestXmlSchemaValidator.java. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Aplkit Mulesoft
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

An XXE issue exists in Accenture Mercury before 1.12.28 because of the platformlambda/core/serializers/SimpleXmlParser.java component. 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.

Java XXE Mercury
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Jenkins RapidDeploy Plugin 4.2 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Jenkins Rapiddeploy
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

The svglib package through 0.9.3 for Python allows XXE attacks via an svg2rlg call. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Python XXE Svglib
NVD GitHub
EPSS 12% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before the 07-Mar-2020 update allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files or conduct server-side. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

SSRF XXE Zoho +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.1
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XXE vulnerability exists in the Metasys family of product Web Services which has the potential to facilitate DoS attacks or harvesting of ASCII server files. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Metasys Application And Data Server Metasys Extended Application And Data Server +12
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Jenkins Rundeck Plugin 3.6.6 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Jenkins Rundeck
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Jenkins Cobertura Plugin 1.15 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Jenkins Cobertura
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was discovered in SmartClient 12.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Smartclient
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

A flaw was found in Spacewalk up to version 2.9 where it was vulnerable to XML internal entity attacks via the /rpc/api endpoint. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Denial Of Service XXE +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

SAP NetWeaver (Guided Procedures), versions 7.10, 7.11, 7.20, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, does not sufficiently validate an XML document input from a compromised admin, leading to Denial of Service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service XXE SAP +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Jenkins FitNesse Plugin 1.30 and earlier does not configure the XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Jenkins NUnit Plugin 0.25 and earlier does not configure the XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Jenkins Nunit
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

An XML External Entity (XEE) vulnerability exists in the JOC Cockpit component of SOS JobScheduler 1.12 and 1.13.2 allows attackers to read files from the server via an entity declaration in any of. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Jobscheduler Sos Berlin
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.6
HIGH This Week

Jenkins WebSphere Deployer Plugin 1.6.1 and earlier does not configure the XML parser to prevent XXE attacks which can be exploited by a user with Job/Configure permissions. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Jenkins Robot Framework Plugin 2.0.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks, allowing users with Job/Configure to have Jenkins parse crafted XML. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Jenkins Robot Framework
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An XXE vulnerability in JnlpSupport in Yet Another Java Service Wrapper (YAJSW) 12.14, as used in NSA Ghidra and other products, allows attackers to exfiltrate data from remote hosts and potentially. 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.

Java XXE Yet Another Java Service Wrapper
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC This Week

XMLBlueprint through 16.191112 is affected by XML External Entity Injection. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Xmlblueprint
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 5% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC This Week

Easy XML Editor through v1.7.8 is affected by: XML External Entity Injection. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Easy Xml Editor
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

Xiuno BBS 4.0 allows XXE via plugin/xn_wechat_public/route/token.php. 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.

PHP XXE Xiunobbs +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Jenkins Maven Release Plugin 0.16.1 and earlier does not configure the XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to have Jenkins parse crafted XML. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

XXE Jenkins Maven
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

The modoboa-dmarc plugin 1.1.0 for Modoboa is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. 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 Modoboa Dmarc +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

BMC Smart Reporting 7.3 20180418 allows authenticated XXE within the import functionality. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE File Upload Bmc +1
NVD
EPSS 12% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH THREAT This Month

The XML content type entity deserializer in Apache Olingo versions 4.0.0 to 4.6.0 is not configured to deny the resolution of external entities. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Apache Deserialization XXE +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The XMLFileLookupService in NiFi versions 1.3.0 to 1.9.2 allowed trusted users to inadvertently configure a potentially malicious XML file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Apache XXE Nifi
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

XXE attack vulnerability on Micro Focus Operations Agent, affected version 12.0, 12.01, 12.02, 12.03, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.10, 12.11. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Operations Agent Microfocus
NVD
EPSS 17% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

A flaw was found in org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.x libraries. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Apache XXE Debian +7
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC Act Now

SAS XML Mapper 9.45 has an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability that can be leveraged by malicious attackers in multiple ways. 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.

Denial Of Service SSRF XXE +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

PHPOffice PhpSpreadsheet before 1.8.0 has an XXE issue. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Phpspreadsheet Phpoffice
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An XML entity injection vulnerability exists in Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.10, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.3 or 2.3.2-p1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), 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.

Information Disclosure XXE Adobe +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Advantech WISE-PaaS/RMM, Versions 3.3.29 and prior. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure XXE Wise Paas Rmm +1
NVD
EPSS 37% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

An issue was discovered in LabKey Server 19.1.0. 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.

XXE Labkey Server Labkey
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5, 6.4, 6.3 and 6.2 have a xml external entity injection vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure XXE Adobe +1
NVD
EPSS 24% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5, 6.4, 6.3 and 6.2 have a xml external entity injection vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure XXE Adobe +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.4, 6.3 and 6.2 have a xml external entity injection vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure XXE Adobe +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

XML Language Server (aka lsp4xml) before 0.9.1, as used in Red Hat XML Language Support (aka vscode-xml) before 0.9.1 for Visual Studio and other products, allows XXE via a crafted XML document, with. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

SSRF XXE Red Hat +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In Apache POI up to 4.1.0, when using the tool XSSFExportToXml to convert user-provided Microsoft Excel documents, a specially crafted document can allow an attacker to read files from the local. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Apache XXE Microsoft +28
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

An XML external entities (XXE) vulnerability in Jenkins 360 FireLine Plugin allows attackers with Overall/Read access to have Jenkins resolve external entities, resulting in the extraction of secrets. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

WUSTL XNAT 1.7.5.3 allows XXE attacks via a POST request body. 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 Xnat
NVD
EPSS 13% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML parser processes user input, aka 'MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

RCE XXE Microsoft +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in the web-based interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (SME) could allow an unauthenticated, remote. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service XXE Cisco +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

HCL AppScan Source before 9.03.13 is susceptible to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks in multiple locations. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Information Disclosure XXE Appscan Source +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Trend Micro Deep Security Manager (10.x, 11.x) and Vulnerability Protection (2.0) are vulnerable to a XML External Entity Attack. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), 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 Trend Micro Deep Security Manager +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

An XML injection vulnerability was found in Limesurvey before 3.17.14 that allows remote attackers to import specially crafted XML files and execute code or compromise data integrity. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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 Limesurvey
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

An XML External Entity (XXE) processing vulnerability was reported in Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) prior to version 2.5.0 , Lenovo XClarity Integrator (LXCI) for Microsoft System Center prior. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure XXE Microsoft +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

xmlrpc.cgi in Webmin through 1.930 allows authenticated XXE attacks. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Webmin
NVD
EPSS 14% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

Numerous Tableau products are vulnerable to XXE via a malicious workbook, extension, or data source, leading to information disclosure or a DoS. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure XXE Tableau Server +4
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.2
HIGH This Week

IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On 8.2.2 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.

IBM XXE Security Access Manager For Enterprise Single Sign On
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

The XML-RPC subsystem in Zenoss 2.5.3 allows XXE attacks that lead to unauthenticated information disclosure via port 9988. 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.

Information Disclosure XXE Zenoss
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.2
HIGH This Week

IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0.0.0, 18.0.0.1, 18.0.0.2, 19.0.0.1, and 19.0.0.2 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.

IBM XXE Business Automation Workflow +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.2
HIGH This Week

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 4.0 (SonarG) 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.

IBM XXE Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.2
HIGH This Week

IBM InfoSphere Global Name Management 5.0 and 6.0 and IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight 8.1 and 9.0 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. No vendor patch available.

IBM XXE Infosphere Global Name Management +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.2
HIGH This Week

IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.1.0 through V5.2.0 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. No vendor patch available.

IBM XXE Intelligent Operations Center +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A denial of service vulnerability exists when the XmlLite runtime (XmlLite.dll) improperly parses XML input. 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.

Denial Of Service XXE Microsoft +8
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML parser processes user input. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), 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.

RCE XXE Microsoft +8
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

The XML parser, which is being used by SAP Enable Now, before version 1902, has not been hardened correctly, leading to Missing XML Validation vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE SAP File Upload +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

Zoho ManageEngine AssetExplorer 6.2.0 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing license XML data. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Zoho Manageengine Assetexplorer +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

An issue was discovered in the 3CX Phone system (web) management console 12.5.44178.1002 through 12.5 SP2. 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.

SSRF XXE 3Cx
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.1
HIGH This Week

IBM Daeja ViewONE Professional, Standard & Virtual 5.0.5 and 5.0.6 is vulnerable to an 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.

IBM XXE Daeja Viewone
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.1
HIGH This Week

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.0.0 through 9.1.1 is vulnerable to an 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.

IBM XXE I2 Intelligent Analysis Platform
NVD
EPSS 13% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

An issue was discovered in Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite before 8.1.1.50. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Cloud Backup Suite Ahsay
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC This Week

An issue was discovered in Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite before 8.1.1.50. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Cloud Backup Suite Ahsay
NVD
EPSS 16% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

initDocumentParser in xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java in Terracotta Quartz Scheduler through 2.3.0 allows XXE attacks via a job description. 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.

Apache Java XXE +35
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Axway SecureTransport 5.x through 5.3 (or 5.x through 5.5 with certain API configuration) is vulnerable to unauthenticated blind XML injection (and XXE) in the resetPassword functionality via the. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE SSRF XXE +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2, Version 1.16S and prior. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Electric Fr Configurator2 Firmware Mitsubishielectric
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 4.2
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Planning component of Oracle Hyperion (subcomponent: Security). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.

XXE Oracle Hyperion Planning
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

Jeesite 1.2.7 is affected by: XML External Entity (XXE). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Java Information Disclosure XXE +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Adobe Campaign Classic version 18.10.5-8984 and earlier versions have an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Adobe Campaign
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

Ladon since 0.6.1 (since ebef0aae48af78c159b6fce81bc6f5e7e0ddb059) is affected by: XML External Entity (XXE). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Information Disclosure XXE Ladon
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL POC Act Now

NSA Ghidra before 9.0.1 allows XXE when a project is opened or restored, or a tool is imported, as demonstrated by a project.prp file. 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 Ghidra Nsa
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

MailEnable Enterprise Premium 10.23 was vulnerable to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attacks that could be exploited by an unauthenticated user. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Mailenable
NVD
EPSS 24% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

lib/DocumentToText.php in OpenCats before 0.9.4-3 has XXE that allows remote users to read files on the underlying operating system. 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.

PHP XXE Opencats
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

LemonLDAP::NG before 1.9.20 has an XML External Entity (XXE) issue when submitting a notification to the notification server. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

XXE Debian Debian Linux +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

In DiffPlug Spotless before 1.20.0 (library and Maven plugin) and before 3.20.0 (Gradle plugin), the XML parser would resolve external entities over both HTTP and HTTPS and didn't respect the. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

XXE Gradle Maven +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

BlogEngine.NET 3.3.7 and earlier allows XXE via an apml file to syndication.axd. 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.

XXE Blogengine Net Dotnetblogengine
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

BlogEngine.NET 3.3.7.0 and earlier allows XML External Entity Blind Injection, related to pingback.axd and BlogEngine.Core/Web/HttpHandlers/PingbackHandler.cs. 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.

XXE Blogengine Net Dotnetblogengine
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL Act Now

A vulnerability in Cisco Security Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service XXE Cisco +1
NVD
EPSS 13% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM POC PATCH THREAT This Month

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) when it improperly parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7), this vulnerability is no authentication required. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.

Information Disclosure XXE Microsoft +8
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL Act Now

XXE in the XML parser library in RealObjects PDFreactor before 10.1.10722 allows attackers to supply malicious XML content in externally referenced resources, leading to disclosure of local file. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service XXE Pdfreactor
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

An XML external entities (XXE) vulnerability in Jenkins Token Macro Plugin 2.7 and earlier allowed attackers able to control a the content of the input file for the "XML" macro to have Jenkins. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

SSRF XXE Jenkins +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) versions prior to 9.1.0.3 and prior to 9.2.0.4 contain an XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Dell Emc Openmanage Server Administrator
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

An XML external entities (XXE) vulnerability in Jenkins Pipeline Maven Integration Plugin 1.7.0 and earlier allowed attackers able to control a temporary directory's content on the agent running the. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

SSRF XXE Jenkins +1
NVD
EPSS 8% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Apache Camel prior to 2.24.0 contains an XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability (CWE-611) due to using an outdated vulnerable JSON-lib library. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Apache XXE Oracle +5
NVD GitHub
EPSS 40% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Act Now

An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Password Vault Web Access (PVWA) of CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault <=10.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or potentially bypass. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

XXE Hashicorp Enterprise Password Vault +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

IBM TRIRIGA Application Platform 3.5.3 and 3.6.0 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), 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.

IBM XXE Tririga Application Platform
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The Custom Report import function in Zoho ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer before 12.3 Build 123224 is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Zoho Manageengine Firewall Analyzer +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Jenkins Self-Organizing Swarm Plug-in Modules Plugin clients that use UDP broadcasts to discover Jenkins masters do not prevent XML External Entity processing when processing the responses, allowing. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XXE Jenkins Self Organizing Swarm Modules
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Libraries/Nop.Services/Localization/LocalizationService.cs in nopCommerce through 4.10 allows XXE via the "Configurations -> Languages -> Edit Language -> Import Resources -> Upload XML file" screen. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XXE Nopcommerce
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

An XML External Entity vulnerability in the UEM Core of BlackBerry UEM version(s) earlier than 12.10.1a could allow an attacker to potentially gain read access to files on any system reachable by the. 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 Blackberry Unified Endpoint Management
NVD
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