A vulnerability was found in 3breadt dd-plist 1.17 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. An attack has to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 1.18 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-221486 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
CVE-2016-15026
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 63% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(medium)
- EPSS
- 41.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 20, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/commit/8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/pull/26
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/releases/tag/dd-plist-1.18
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221486
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?id.221486
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/commit/8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/pull/26
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/releases/tag/dd-plist-1.18
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221486
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://vuldb.com/?id.221486
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| com.googlecode.plist:dd-plist | 1.0, 1.16, 1.17, 1.3, 1.8 | 1.18 | — |
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