dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1 or later.
CVE-2018-1000632
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 6.6% (93rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). 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).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 41EG Risk 41/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation7% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 6.6%
- EPSS %ILE
- 93rd
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
August 20, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (58)
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0362
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0364
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0365
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0380
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1159
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1160
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1161
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1162
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/e598eb43d418744c4dbf62f647dd2381c9ce9387
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/48
- cve@mitrehttps://ihacktoprotect.com/post/dom4j-xml-injection/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00571f362a7a2470fba50a31282c65637c40d2e21ebe6ee535a4ed74%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4a77652531d62299a30815cf5f233af183425db8e3c9a824a814e768%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5a020ecaa3c701f408f612f7ba2ee37a021644c4a39da2079ed3ddbc%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2018-1000632(10)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2020:3192Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Fuse 7.7.0 release and security update
- RHSA-2019:3172Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Satellite 6 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2019:1162Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.22 security update
- RHSA-2019:1160Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.22 security update
- RHSA-2019:1161Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.22 security update
- RHSA-2019:1159Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.22 security update
- RHEA-2019:1119Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Enhancement Advisory: rhvm-appliance security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2019:0380Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.2.6 security update
- +2 more
Patch Availability(9)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libdom4j-java-doc (1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1.2) @ xenial | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| redhat | dom4j | 2020-07-28 | redhat |
| redhat | tfm-rubygem-zest-0:0.0.4-1.el7sat | 2019-10-22 | redhat |
| redhat | resteasy-0:2.3.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 2019-05-13 | redhat |
| redhat | resteasy-0:2.3.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6 | 2019-05-13 | redhat |
| redhat | resteasy-0:2.3.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7 | 2019-05-13 | redhat |
| redhat | rhvm-appliance-0:4.3-20190502.0.el7 | 2019-05-08 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-web-console-eap-0:2.9.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el6 | 2019-02-18 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-web-console-eap-0:2.9.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 | 2019-02-18 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(7 across 6 ecosystems)
Maven(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| dom4j:dom4j | 1.1 ... 1.6.1 (17 versions) |
| — |
| org.dom4j:dom4j | 2.1.0 |
| — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| dom4j | — |
| — |
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| dom4j | — |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| dom4j | — |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| dom4j | — |
| — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| dom4j | 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2 |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 26× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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