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 5 of 27
- CVE-2016-9924CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82017-03-29
Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) before 8.7.4 allows remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks.
- CVE-2017-6895CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82017-03-23
USB Pratirodh allows remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via XML data in usb.xml.
- CVE-2016-8348CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82017-02-13
An XML External Entity (XXE) issue was discovered in Emerson Liebert SiteScan Web Version 6.5, and prior. An attacker may enter malicious input to Liebert SiteScan through a weakly configured XML parser causing the application to execute a…
- CVE-2017-7465CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.82018-06-27
It was found that the JAXP implementation used in JBoss EAP 7.0 for XSLT processing is vulnerable to code injection. An attacker could use this flaw to cause remote code execution if they are able to provide XSLT content for parsing. Doing…
- CVE-2017-7464CRITICALCVSS 8.7EG 9.82018-07-27
It was found that the JAXP implementation used in JBoss EAP 7.0 for SAX and DOM parsing is vulnerable to certain XXE flaws. An attacker could use this flaw to cause DoS, SSRF, or information disclosure if they are able to provide XML conte…
- CVE-2022-2131CRITICALCVSS 8.5EG 9.82022-07-25
OpenKM Community Edition in its 6.3.10 version and before was using XMLReader parser in XMLTextExtractor.java file without the required security flags, allowing an attacker to perform a XML external entity injection attack.
- CVE-2022-45588CRITICALCVSS 7.8EG 9.82023-02-03
All versions before R2022-09 of Talend's Remote Engine Gen 2 are potentially vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) type of attacks. Users should download the R2022-09 release or later and use it in place of the previous version. Talend R…
- CVE-2022-1704CRITICALCVSS 7.6EG 9.82022-08-05
Due to an XML external entity reference, the software parses XML in the backup/restore functionality without XML security flags, which may lead to a XXE attack while restoring the backup.
- CVE-2022-1700CRITICALCVSS 7.5EG 9.82022-09-12
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability in the Policy Engine of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP), which is also leveraged by Forcepoint One Endpoint (F1E), Web Security Content Gateway, Email Securi…
- CVE-2018-6486CRITICALCVSS 7.3EG 9.82018-02-02
XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Micro Focus Fortify Audit Workbench (AWB) and Micro Focus Fortify Software Security Center (SSC), versions 16.10, 16.20, 17.10. This vulnerability could be exploited to allow a XML External Entity…
- CVE-2023-1288CRITICALCVSS 6.8EG 9.82023-03-09
An XML External Entity injection (XXE) vulnerability in ENOVIA Live Collaboration V6R2013xE allows an attacker to read local files on the server.
- CVE-2022-23170CRITICALCVSS 5.9EG 9.82022-06-24
SysAid - Okta SSO integration - was found vulnerable to XML External Entity Injection vulnerability. Any SysAid environment that uses the Okta SSO integration might be vulnerable. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit the XXE vulnerabi…
- CVE-2015-10082CRITICALCVSS 5.5EG 9.82023-02-21
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in UIKit0 libplist 1.12. This affects the function plist_from_xml of the file src/xplist.c of the component XML Handler. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. The …
- CVE-2021-4311CRITICALCVSS 5.5EG 9.82023-01-09
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Talend Open Studio for MDM. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component XML Handler. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. The patch is identified as 31…
- CVE-2017-20151CRITICALCVSS 5.5EG 9.82022-12-30
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in iText RUPS. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file src/main/java/com/itextpdf/rups/model/XfaFile.java. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. The patch i…
- CVE-2021-4295CRITICALCVSS 5.5EG 9.82022-12-29
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ONC code-validator-api up to 1.0.30. This vulnerability affects the function vocabularyValidationConfigurations of the file src/main/java/org/sitenv/vocabularies/configuration/CodeVali…
- CVE-2022-4607CRITICALCVSS 5.5EG 9.82022-12-18
A vulnerability was found in 3D City Database OGC Web Feature Service up to 5.2.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. Upgrading to version …
- CVE-2023-28150CRITICALCVSS 5.3EG 9.82023-03-24
An issue was discovered in Independentsoft JODF before 1.1.110. The API is prone to XML external entity (XXE) injection via a remote DTD in a DOCX file.
- CVE-2023-28151CRITICALCVSS 5.3EG 9.82023-03-24
An issue was discovered in Independentsoft JSpreadsheet before 1.1.110. The API is prone to XML external entity (XXE) injection via a remote DTD in a DOCX file.
- CVE-2023-28152CRITICALCVSS 5.3EG 9.82023-03-24
An issue was discovered in Independentsoft JWord before 1.1.110. The API is prone to XML external entity (XXE) injection via a remote DTD in a DOCX file.
- CVE-2022-42307CRITICALCVSS 5.3EG 9.82022-10-03
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) Injection attack through the DiscoveryService service.
- CVE-2026-48359CRITICALCVSS 9.6EG 9.62026-07-14
Adobe Experience Manager is affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. A low-privileged attacker could exploi…
- CVE-2018-1000639CRITICALCVSS 9.6EG 9.62018-08-20
LatexDraw version <=4.0 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in SVG parsing functionality that can result in disclosure of data, server side request forgery, port scanning, possible rce. This attack appear to be exploitable v…
- CVE-2016-6256CRITICALCVSS 9.6EG 9.62017-05-26
SAP Business One for Android 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via crafted XML data in a request to B1iXcellerator/exec/soap/vP.001sap0003.in_WCSX/com.sap.b1i.vplatform.runtime/INB_WS_CALL_SYNC_XPT/…
- CVE-2015-8866CRITICALCVSS 9.6EG 9.62016-05-22
ext/libxml/libxml.c in PHP before 5.5.22 and 5.6.x before 5.6.6, when PHP-FPM is used, does not isolate each thread from libxml_disable_entity_loader changes in other threads, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (X…
- CVE-2018-3881CRITICALCVSS 9.4EG 9.42018-08-01
An exploitable unauthenticated XML external injection vulnerability was identified in FocalScope v2416. A unauthenticated attacker could submit a specially crafted web request to FocalScope's server that could cause an XXE, and potentially…
- CVE-2026-61741CRITICALCVSS 9.3EG 9.32026-09-24
http4s-scala-xml provides `EntityDecoder[F, scala.xml.Elem]` instances that parse XML message bodies. Prior to versions 0.24.1 and 1.0.0-M39, these decoders used a `javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory` obtained from `SAXParserFactory.newIns…
- CVE-2026-16626CRITICALCVSS 9.3EG 9.32026-08-10
Improper restriction of XML external entity reference vulnerability (unauthenticated) in Jaspersoft JasperReports Server. This issue affects JasperReports Server: from 9.0.0 before HF-9 and from 10.0.0 before HF-10.
- CVE-2025-49535CRITICALCVSS 9.3EG 9.32025-07-08
ColdFusion versions 2025.2, 2023.14, 2021.20 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could exploit this vulnerab…
- CVE-2024-34711CRITICALCVSS 9.3EG 9.32025-06-10
GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. An improper URI validation vulnerability exists that enables an unauthorized attacker to perform XML External Entities (XEE) attack, then send GET requ…
- CVE-2025-4641CRITICALCVSS 9.3EG 9.32025-05-14
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in bonigarcia webdrivermanager WebDriverManager on Windows, MacOS, Linux (XML parsing components modules) allows Data Serialization External Entities Blowup. This vulnerab…
- CVE-2025-2777CRITICALCVSS 9.3EG 9.32025-05-07
SysAid On-Prem versions <= 23.3.40 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the lshw processing functionality, allowing for administrator account takeover and file read primitives.
- CVE-2020-15232CRITICALCVSS 9.3EG 9.32020-10-02
In mapfish-print before version 3.24, a user can do to an XML External Entity (XXE) attack with the provided SDL style.
- CVE-2020-6238CRITICALCVSS 9.3EG 9.32020-04-14
SAP Commerce, versions - 6.6, 6.7, 1808, 1811, 1905, does not process XML input securely in the Rest API from Servlet xyformsweb, leading to Missing XML Validation. This affects confidentiality and availability (partially) of SAP Commerce.
- CVE-2019-10309CRITICALCVSS 9.3EG 9.32019-04-30
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 unauthorized attackers on the same netwo…
- CVE-2024-10218CRITICALCVSS 9.2EG 9.22024-11-12
XSS Attack in mar.jar, Monitoring Archive Utility (MAR Utility), monitoringconsolecommon.jar in TIBCO Software Inc TIBCO Hawk and TIBCO Operational Intelligence
- CVE-2026-13449CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-06-30
IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions 9.0.0 through 9.4.2 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 o…
- CVE-2026-55471CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-06-17
HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. Prior to 6.9.10, org.hl7.fhir.utilities.XsltUtilities saxonTransform(...) overloads instantiated a bare net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactor…
- CVE-2026-40682CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-05-04
XML External Entity (XXE) via Unsanitized Dictionary Parsing in Apache OpenNLP DictionaryEntryPersistor Versions Affected: before 2.5.9, before 3.0.0-M3 Description: The DictionaryEntryPersistor class initializes a static SAXParserFact…
- CVE-2025-14543CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-04-30
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows Serialized Data External Linking. This issue affects Connext Professional: from 7.4.0 before 7.7.0, from 7.0.0 before 7…
- CVE-2026-4374CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-04-01
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Recording Service,Routing Service,Queueing Service,Cloud Discovery Service,Observability Collector) allows Serialized Data External Linking, D…
- CVE-2026-24400CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-01-26
AssertJ provides Fluent testing assertions for Java and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Starting in version 1.4.0 and prior to version 3.27.7, an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in `org.assertj.core.util.xml.XmlStringPrettyF…
- CVE-2025-48006CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12025-09-29
Improper restriction of XML external entity reference issue exists in DataSpider Servista 4.4 and earlier. If a specially crafted request is processed, arbitrary files on the file system where the server application for the product is inst…
- CVE-2025-10183CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12025-09-09
A blind XML External Entity (XXE) injection in the OpenMessaging webservice in TecCom TecConnect 4.1 allows an unauthenticated attacker to exfiltrate arbitrary files to an attacker-controlled server. TecConnect 4.1 is considered end-of-lif…
- CVE-2025-31039CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12025-06-09
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in pixelgrade Category Icon category-icon allows XML Entity Linking.This issue affects Category Icon: from n/a through <= 1.0.3.
- CVE-2025-46726CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12025-05-05
Langroid is a framework for building large-language-model-powered applications. Prior to version 0.53.4, a LLM application leveraging `XMLToolMessage` class may be exposed to untrusted XML input that could result in DoS and/or exposing loc…
- CVE-2025-2905CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12025-05-05
Due to the improper configuration of XML parser, user-supplied XML is parsed without applying sufficient restrictions, enabling XML External Entity (XXE) resolution in multiple WSO2 Products. A successful XXE attack could allow a remote, …
- CVE-2024-40896CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12024-12-23
In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for external entities even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content (by setting "checked"). This makes classic XXE at…
- CVE-2024-37388CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12024-06-07
An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the ebookmeta.get_metadata function of lxml before v4.9.1 allows attackers to access sensitive information or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted XML input.
- CVE-2023-37364CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12023-08-03
In WS-Inc J WBEM Server 4.7.4 before 4.7.5, the CIM-XML protocol adapter does not disable entity resolution. This allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service, a similar issue to CVE-2013-4152.
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