CWE-611— Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)
The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.— MITRE CWE catalog
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CVEs classified under CWE-611page 11 of 27
- CVE-2020-5013HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12021-05-05
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3 and 7.4 may vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Forc…
- CVE-2021-25163HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12021-04-29
A remote XML external entity vulnerability was discovered in Aruba AirWave Management Platform version(s) prior to 8.2.12.1. Aruba has released patches for AirWave Management Platform that address this security vulnerability.
- CVE-2020-7037HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12021-04-28
An XML External Entities (XXE) vulnerability in Media Server component of Avaya Equinox Conferencing could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to information that is stored on an affected system or even potentially …
- CVE-2021-25165HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12021-04-28
A remote XML external entity vulnerability was discovered in Aruba AirWave Management Platform version(s) prior to 8.2.12.1. Aruba has released patches for AirWave Management Platform that address this security vulnerability.
- CVE-2020-7036HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12021-04-23
An XML External Entities (XXE)vulnerability in Callback Assist could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to information that is stored on an affected system. The affected versions of Callback Assist includes all 4.0…
- CVE-2020-7035HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12021-04-23
An XML External Entities (XXE)vulnerability in the web-based user interface of Avaya Aura Orchestration Designer could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to information that is stored on an affected system. The aff…
- CVE-2021-22498HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12021-01-19
XML External Entity Injection vulnerability in Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management (Previously known as Quality Center) product. The vulnerability affects versions 12.x, 12.60 Patch 5 and earlier, 15.0.1 Patch 2 and earlier and 15…
- CVE-2020-4772HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12020-10-12
An XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability may impact IBM Curam Social Program Management 7.0.9 and 7.0.10. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information, denial of service, server side reques…
- CVE-2019-19032HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12019-12-30
XMLBlueprint through 16.191112 is affected by XML External Entity Injection. The impact is: Arbitrary File Read when an XML File is validated. The component is: XML Validate function. The attack vector is: Specially crafted XML payload.
- CVE-2019-19031HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12019-12-30
Easy XML Editor through v1.7.8 is affected by: XML External Entity Injection. The impact is: Arbitrary File Read and DoS by consuming resources. The component is: XML Parsing. The attack vector is: Specially crafted XML payload.
- CVE-2019-16549HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12019-12-17
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 documents.
- CVE-2019-10466HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12019-10-23
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 from the Jenkins agent, server-side req…
- CVE-2019-15637HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12019-08-26
Numerous Tableau products are vulnerable to XXE via a malicious workbook, extension, or data source, leading to information disclosure or a DoS. This affects Tableau Server, Tableau Desktop, Tableau Reader, and Tableau Public Desktop.
- CVE-2019-13031HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12019-06-28
LemonLDAP::NG before 1.9.20 has an XML External Entity (XXE) issue when submitting a notification to the notification server. By default, the notification server is not enabled and has a "deny all" rule.
- CVE-2019-10327HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12019-05-31
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 Maven build to have Jenkins parse a mali…
- CVE-2019-7722HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12019-02-11
PMD 5.8.1 and earlier processes XML external entities in ruleset files it parses as part of the analysis process, allowing attackers tampering it (either by direct modification or MITM attacks when using remote rulesets) to perform informa…
- CVE-2018-7063HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12018-12-07
In Aruba ClearPass, disabled API admins can still perform read/write operations. In certain circumstances, API admins in ClearPass which have been disabled may still be able to perform read/write operations on parts of the XML API. This ca…
- CVE-2018-11758HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12018-08-22
This affects Apache Cayenne 4.1.M1, 3.2.M1, 4.0.M2 to 4.0.M5, 4.0.B1, 4.0.B2, 4.0.RC1, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2. CayenneModeler is a desktop GUI tool shipped with Apache Cayenne and intended for editing Cayenne ORM models stored as XML files. If …
- CVE-2018-11048HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12018-08-10
Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor, versions 6.2, 6,3, 6.4, 6.5 and Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) versions 2.0, 2.1 contain a XML External Entity (XXE) Injection vulnerability in the REST API. An authenticated remote m…
- CVE-2017-16349HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12018-08-02
An exploitable XML external entity vulnerability exists in the reporting functionality of SAP BPC. A specially crafted XML request can cause an XML external entity to be referenced, resulting in information disclosure and potential denial …
- CVE-2017-2815HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12018-05-15
An exploitable XML entity injection vulnerability exists in OpenFire User Import Export Plugin 2.6.0. A specially crafted web request can cause the retrieval of arbitrary files or denial of service. An authenticated attacker can send a cra…
- CVE-2017-5828HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12018-02-15
An arbitrary command execution vulnerability in HPE Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version 6.6.x was found.
- CVE-2018-1307HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12018-02-09
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 little protections present against entity…
- CVE-2017-1666HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12018-01-09
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory…
- CVE-2017-1477HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-11-13
IBM Security Access Manager Appliance 9.0.3 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resour…
- CVE-2017-1527HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-09-26
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. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory res…
- CVE-2017-1458HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-09-05
IBM QRadar Network Security 5.4 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-F…
- CVE-2016-9698HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-06-08
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. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive informat…
- CVE-2017-1103HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-05-10
IBM Team Concert (RTC) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or cons…
- CVE-2017-1149HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-04-25
IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensiti…
- CVE-2016-9707HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-03-31
IBM Jazz Foundation is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume…
- CVE-2016-9724HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-03-07
IBM QRadar 7.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all …
- CVE-2016-8974HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-02-23
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. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive informati…
- CVE-2016-8980HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-02-01
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or con…
- CVE-2016-6059HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-02-01
IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive informat…
- CVE-2016-3055HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12016-12-01
IBM FileNet Workplace 4.0.2 before 4.0.2.14 LA012 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with…
- CVE-2016-3033HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12016-12-01
IBM AppScan Source 8.7 through 9.0.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity …
- CVE-2022-38419HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 8.12022-10-14
Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary file system read. Exploitation of th…
- CVE-2018-12471HIGHCVSS 6.5EG 8.12018-10-04
A External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability in SUSE Linux SMT allows remote attackers to read data from the server or cause DoS by referencing blocking elements. Affected releases are SUSE Linux SMT: versions prior to 3.0.37.
- CVE-2020-5323HIGHCVSS 5.4EG 8.12021-07-19
Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise (OME) versions prior to 3.2 and OpenManage Enterprise-Modular (OME-M) versions prior to 1.10.00 contain an injection vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user with low privileges could potentially …
- CVE-2025-7766HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02025-07-22
Lantronix Provisioning Manager is vulnerable to XML external entity attacks in configuration files supplied by network devices, leading to unauthenticated remote code execution on hosts with Provisioning Manager installed.
- CVE-2024-4690HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-10-16
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in OpenText Application Automation Tools allows DTD Injection.This issue affects OpenText Application Automation Tools: 24.1.0 and below.
- CVE-2024-4189HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-10-16
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in OpenText Application Automation Tools allows DTD Injection.This issue affects OpenText Application Automation Tools: 24.1.0 and below.
- CVE-2024-4184HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-10-16
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in OpenText Application Automation Tools allows DTD Injection.This issue affects OpenText Application Automation Tools: 24.1.0 and below.
- CVE-2024-25606HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-02-20
XXE vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.7, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 4, 7.3 before update 12, 7.2 before fix pack 20, and older unsupported versions allows attackers with permission t…
- CVE-2017-6323HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02018-04-16
The Symantec Management Console prior to ITMS 8.1 RU1, ITMS 8.0_POST_HF6, and ITMS 7.6_POST_HF7 has an issue whereby XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser. This attack may lea…
- CVE-2017-6662HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02017-06-26
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 to information stored in the affected sy…
- CVE-2026-21569HIGHCVSS 7.9EG 7.92026-01-28
This High severity XXE (XML External Entity Injection) vulnerability was introduced in version 7.1.0 of Crowd Data Center and Server. This XXE (XML External Entity Injection) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 7.9, allows an authentic…
- CVE-2018-9375HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-01-17
In multiple functions of UserDictionaryProvider.java, there is a possible way to add and delete words in the user dictionary due to a confused deputy. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges…
- CVE-2024-12476HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-01-17
CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability exists that could cause information disclosure, impacts workstation integrity and potential remote code execution on the compromised computer, when specific craft…
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