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 12 of 27
- CVE-2024-3969HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82024-05-28
XML External Entity injection vulnerability found in OpenText™ iManager 3.2.6.0200. This could lead to remote code execution by parsing untrusted XML payload
- CVE-2024-3486HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82024-05-15
XML External Entity injection vulnerability found in OpenText™ iManager 3.2.6.0200. This could lead to information disclosure and remote code execution.
- CVE-2023-24187HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82023-02-14
An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in ureport v2.2.9 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted XML file to /ureport/designer/saveReportFile.
- CVE-2022-40304HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82022-11-23
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked.
- CVE-2022-27873HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82022-07-29
An attacker can force the victim’s device to perform arbitrary HTTP requests in WAN through a malicious SVG file being parsed by Autodesk Fusion 360’s document parser. The vulnerability exists in the application’s ‘Insert SVG’ pr…
- CVE-2021-46365HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82022-02-11
An issue in the Export function of Magnolia v6.2.3 and below allows attackers to execute XML External Entity attacks via a crafted XLF file.
- CVE-2022-21220HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82022-02-09
Improper restriction of XML external entity for Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition before version 21.3 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2014-5238HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82020-01-14
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Open-Xchange (OX) AppSuite before 7.4.2-rev11 and 7.6.x before 7.6.0-rev9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly other unspecified impact via a crafted OpenDocument Text docu…
- CVE-2016-9487HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-07-13
EpubCheck 4.0.1 does not properly restrict resolving external entities when parsing XML in EPUB files during validation. An attacker who supplies a specially crafted EPUB file may be able to exploit this behavior to read arbitrary files, o…
- CVE-2018-1000548HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-06-26
Umlet version < 14.3 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in File parsing that can result in disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, server side request forgery. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially …
- CVE-2018-1000546HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-06-26
Triplea version <= 1.9.0.0.10291 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Importing game data that can result in Possible information disclosure, server-side request forgery, or remote code execution. This attack appear to be …
- CVE-2018-1000542HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-06-26
netbeans-mmd-plugin version <= 1.4.3 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in MMD file import that can result in Possible information disclosure, server-side request forgery, or remote code execution. This attack appear to be …
- CVE-2018-1000540HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-06-26
LoboEvolution version < 9b75694cedfa4825d4a2330abf2719d470c654cd contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in XML Parsing when viewing the XML file in the browser that can result in disclosure of confidential data, denial of servi…
- CVE-2017-1000498HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-01-03
AndroidSVG version 1.2.2 is vulnerable to XXE attacks in the SVG parsing component resulting in denial of service and possibly remote code execution
- CVE-2016-5002HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-10-27
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 via a crafted DTD.
- CVE-2016-4434HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-09-30
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) spreadsheets in OOXML files and (2) XMP metad…
- CVE-2017-6055HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-02-17
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in eParakstitajs 3 before 1.3.9 and eParaksts Java lib before 2.5.13 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted edoc file.
- CVE-2018-2392HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.82018-02-14
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 become unavailable.
- CVE-2024-53674HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.82024-11-26
An XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability in HPE Insight Remote Support may allow remote users to disclose information in certain cases.
- CVE-2026-82376HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72026-09-28
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache Roller 6.1.5 allows a user with entry-editing rights on a weblog to cause the server to parse an attacker-influenced trackback response with an XML parser that does not disabl…
- CVE-2026-82386HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72026-09-28
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache Roller 6.1.5 allows a weblog administrator to read files readable by the Roller process and reach internal network addresses by importing a crafted OPML document, because the …
- CVE-2026-81536HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72026-09-23
IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to an XML external entity (XXE) injection.
- CVE-2026-81832HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72026-09-04
IBM App Connect Enterprise 13.0.1.0 through 13.0.8.1, and 12.0.1.0 through 12.0.12.28 and IBM Integration Bus for z/OS 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.0.7 SAP Adapter is vulnerable to an XML external entity (XXE) attack.
- CVE-2026-69101HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72026-08-14
Datavane TIS v5.0.0 contains an XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to perform server-side request forgery and out-of-band file exfiltration by supplying a crafted taskScript payload to the…
- CVE-2026-2253HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72026-05-27
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration & Analytics versions before 10.2.0.7 and 11.0.0.0, including 9.3.x and 8.3.x, does not prevent certain XML parsers from resolving external entities.
- CVE-2025-31487HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72025-04-03
The XWiki JIRA extension provides various integration points between XWiki and JIRA (macros, UI, CKEditor plugin). If the JIRA macro is installed, any logged in XWiki user could edit his/her user profile wiki page and use that JIRA macro, …
- CVE-2023-50168HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72024-03-14
Pega Platform from 6.x to 8.8.4 is affected by an XXE issue with PDF Generation.
- CVE-2023-32706HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72023-06-01
On Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, an unauthenticated attacker can send specially-crafted messages to the XML parser within SAML authentication to cause a denial of service in the Splunk daemon.
- CVE-2023-27480HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72023-03-07
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions any user with edit rights on a document can trigger an XAR import on a forged XAR file, leading to the ability to…
- CVE-2021-42776HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72021-12-01
CloverDX Server before 5.11.2 and and 5.12.x before 5.12.1 allows XXE during configuration import.
- CVE-2021-30137HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72021-09-15
Assyst 10 SP7.5 has authenticated XXE leading to SSRF via XML unmarshalling. The application allows users to send JSON or XML data to the server. It was possible to inject malicious XML data through several access points.
- CVE-2020-13692HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72020-06-04
PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (aka PgJDBC) before 42.2.13 allows XXE.
- CVE-2018-17169HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72019-04-23
An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in PrinterOn version 4.1.4 and lower allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD in an XML request.
- CVE-2016-7459HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72016-12-29
VMware vCenter Server 5.5 before U3e and 6.0 before U2a allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a (1) Log Browser, (2) Distributed Switch setup, or (3) Content Library XML document containing an external entity declar…
- CVE-2022-42341HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.72022-10-14
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-2019-9757HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.72019-10-29
An issue was discovered in LabKey Server 19.1.0. Sending an SVG containing an XXE payload to the endpoint visualization-exportImage.view or visualization-exportPDF.view allows local files to be read.
- CVE-2026-16432HIGHCVSS 6.5EG 7.72026-09-14
IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 IBM DataStage PxXMLInput operator could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to an XML external entity (XXE) injection.
- CVE-2024-30043HIGHCVSS 6.5EG 7.72024-05-14
Microsoft SharePoint Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-40882HIGHCVSS 7.6EG 7.62026-04-22
OpenRemote is an open-source internet-of-things platform. Prior to version 1.22.0, the Velbus asset import path parses attacker-controlled XML without explicit XXE hardening. An authenticated user who can call the import endpoint may trigg…
- CVE-2026-29924HIGHCVSS 7.6EG 7.62026-03-30
Grav CMS v1.7.x and before is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) through the SVG file upload functionality in the admin panel and File Manager plugin.
- CVE-2021-22523HIGHCVSS 7.6EG 7.62021-07-22
XML External Entity vulnerability in Micro Focus Verastream Host Integrator, affecting version 7.8 Update 1 and earlier versions. The vulnerability could allow the control of web browser and hijacking user sessions.
- CVE-2020-4509HIGHCVSS 7.6EG 7.62020-06-04
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3 and 7.4 is vulnerable to an 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-2020-2108HIGHCVSS 7.6EG 7.62020-01-29
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.
- CVE-2018-6670HIGHCVSS 7.6EG 7.62018-06-07
External Entity Attack vulnerability in the ePO extension in McAfee Common UI (CUI) 2.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to view confidential information via a crafted HTTP request parameter.
- CVE-2024-6893HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.62024-08-08
The "soap_cgi.pyc" API handler allows the XML body of SOAP requests to contain references to external entities. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to read local files, perform server-side request forgery, and overwhelm the web server …
- CVE-2025-36589HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.62026-01-06
Dell Unisphere for PowerMax, version(s) 9.2.4.x, contain(s) an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unaut…
- CVE-2026-61570HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-09-22
MPXJ is an open source library to read and write project plans from a variety of file formats and databases. From 5.5.5 until 16.4.1, MerlinReader creates a DocumentBuilder with default settings while parsing XML from the ZTIMEINTERVALS co…
- CVE-2026-89260HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-09-11
MoguBlog through 6.2 contains an XML external entity injection vulnerability in the WeChat callback handler at POST /wechat/wechatCheck. The WechatRestApi.index() method passes the raw request body to SignUtil.xmlToMap(), which uses an unh…
- CVE-2026-82578HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-09-11
When XML batch processing is turned on and the XPath option is selected, the raw batch input goes through a default XPath/JAXP setup with no entity restrictions, so XXE injection can allow data exfiltration and denial-of-service attacks.
- CVE-2026-79572HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-09-08
An XXE (XML External Entity) vulnerability in the level-rule module of Distribution Management v1.0.0 allows attackers to read sensitive files, scan internal networks, or launch server attacks via supplying a crafted XML payload.
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