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 7 of 27
- CVE-2012-2239CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12012-11-24
Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.4 and 1.5.x before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, as demonstrated by reading config.php.
- CVE-2022-22774CRITICALCVSS 8.6EG 9.12022-05-10
The DOM XML parser and SAX XML parser components of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center, TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center, TIBCO Managed File Transfer Internet Server, and TIBCO Managed File Transfer …
- CVE-2025-65868CRITICALCVSS 7.5EG 9.12025-12-03
XML external entity (XXE) injection in eyoucms v1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted body of a POST request.
- CVE-2022-39954CRITICALCVSS 7.3EG 9.12023-02-16
An improper restriction of xml external entity reference in Fortinet FortiNAC version 9.4.0 through 9.4.1, FortiNAC version 9.2.0 through 9.2.7, FortiNAC version 9.1.0 through 9.1.8, FortiNAC version 8.8.0 through 8.8.11, FortiNAC version …
- CVE-2022-38389CRITICALCVSS 7.1EG 9.12023-02-03
IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler 9.4, 9.5, and 10.1 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 …
- CVE-2018-1727CRITICALCVSS 7.1EG 9.12019-02-15
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 9.1, 11.3, 11.5, and 11.7 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 consu…
- CVE-2018-1821CRITICALCVSS 7.1EG 9.12018-12-13
IBM Operational Decision Management 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, and 8.9 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 c…
- CVE-2022-22795CRITICALCVSS 6.8EG 9.12022-03-10
Signiant - Manager+Agents XML External Entity (XXE) - Extract internal files of the affected machine An attacker can read all the system files, the product is running with root on Linux systems and nt/authority on windows systems, which al…
- CVE-2019-1903CRITICALCVSS 6.5EG 9.12019-06-20
A vulnerability in Cisco Security Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper restrictions on XML entities. An a…
- CVE-2017-7426CRITICALCVSS 5.4EG 9.12018-03-01
The NetIQ Identity Manager Plugins before 4.6.1 contained various XML External XML Entity (XXE) handling flaws that could be used by attackers to leak information or cause denial of service attacks.
- CVE-2018-1000836CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02018-12-20
bw-calendar-engine version <= bw-calendar-engine-3.12.0 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in IscheduleClient XML Parser that can result in Disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, SSRF, port scanning. This attac…
- CVE-2018-1000834CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02018-12-20
runelite version <= runelite-parent-1.4.23 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Man in the middle runscape services call that can result in Disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, SSRF, port scanning.
- CVE-2018-1000829CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02018-12-20
Anyplace version before commit 80359b4 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Man in the middle on map API call that can result in Disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, SSRF, port scanning. This vulnerability a…
- CVE-2018-1000828CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02018-12-20
FrostWire version <= frostwire-desktop-6.7.4-build-272 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Man in the middle on update that can result in Disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, SSRF, port scanning. This attac…
- CVE-2016-10127CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02017-03-03
PySAML2 allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted SAML XML request or response.
- CVE-2024-22024CRITICALCVSS 8.3EG 9.02024-02-13
An XML external entity or XXE vulnerability in the SAML component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x), Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) and ZTA gateways which allows an attacker to access certain restricted resources without authenticatio…
- CVE-2023-44412CRITICALCVSS 8.2EG 9.02024-05-03
D-Link D-View addDv7Probe XML External Entity Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of D-Link D-View. Authentication is not r…
- CVE-2024-38653CRITICALCVSS 7.5EG 9.02024-08-14
XXE in SmartDeviceServer in Ivanti Avalanche 6.3.1 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on the server.
- CVE-2022-2414CRITICALCVSS 7.5EG 9.02022-07-29
Access to external entities when parsing XML documents can lead to XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially retrieve the content of arbitrary files by sending specially crafted HTTP requests.
- CVE-2024-53675CRITICALCVSS 7.3EG 9.02024-11-26
An XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability in HPE Insight Remote Support may allow remote users to disclose information in certain cases.
- CVE-2021-29447CRITICALCVSS 7.1EG 9.02021-04-15
Wordpress is an open source CMS. A user with the ability to upload files (like an Author) can exploit an XML parsing issue in the Media Library leading to XXE attacks. This requires WordPress installation to be using PHP 8. Access to inter…
- CVE-2021-2401CRITICALCVSS 5.3EG 9.02021-07-21
Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: E-Business Suite - XDO). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.0.0.0, 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability a…
- CVE-2018-8420HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.92018-09-13
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML parser processes user input, aka "MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows …
- CVE-2025-54254HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.92025-08-05
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability…
- CVE-2016-4264HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.92016-09-01
The Office Open XML (OOXML) feature in Adobe ColdFusion 10 before Update 21 and 11 before Update 10 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or send TCP requests to intranet servers via a crafted OOXML spreadsheet containing an exte…
- CVE-2026-36765HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-04-30
An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the /designer/loadReport endpoint of SpringBlade v4.8.0 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via injecting a crafted payload.
- CVE-2025-53689HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82025-07-14
Blind XXE Vulnerabilities in jackrabbit-spi-commons and jackrabbit-core in Apache Jackrabbit < 2.23.2 due to usage of an unsecured document build to load privileges. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 2.20.17 (Java 8), 2.22.1 (J…
- CVE-2025-36049HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82025-06-18
IBM webMethods Integration Server 10.5, 10.7, 10.11, and 10.15 is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary…
- CVE-2025-4639HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82025-05-14
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in the getDocumentBuilder() method of WebDav servlet in Peergos. This issue affects Peergos through version 1.1.0.
- CVE-2024-52596HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82024-12-02
SimpleSAMLphp xml-common is a common classes for handling XML-structures. When loading an (untrusted) XML document, for example the SAMLResponse, it's possible to induce an XXE. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.19.0.
- CVE-2024-21255HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82024-10-15
Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: XMLPublisher). Supported versions that are affected are 8.59, 8.60 and 8.61. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker …
- CVE-2023-37233HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82024-09-10
Loftware Spectrum before 4.6 HF14 allows authenticated XXE attacks.
- CVE-2024-45048HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82024-08-28
PHPSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. Affected versions are subject to a bypassing of a filter which allows for an XXE-attack. This in turn allows attacker to obtain contents of local files, even i…
- CVE-2024-22218HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82024-08-15
XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Terminalfour 8.0.0001 through 8.3.18 and XML JDBC versions up to 1.0.4 allows authenticated users to submit malicious XML via unspecified features which could lead to various actions such as acces…
- CVE-2023-48362HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82024-07-24
XXE in the XML Format Plugin in Apache Drill version 1.19.0 and greater allows a user to read any file on a remote file system or execute commands via a malicious XML file. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.21.2, which fixes th…
- CVE-2023-36419HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82023-10-10
Azure HDInsight Apache Oozie Workflow Scheduler XXE Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-41933HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82023-09-06
Jenkins Job Configuration History Plugin 1227.v7a_79fc4dc01f and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
- CVE-2023-20855HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82023-02-22
VMware vRealize Orchestrator contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. A malicious actor, with non-administrative access to vRealize Orchestrator, may be able to use specially crafted input to bypass XML parsing restrictions lea…
- CVE-2023-24323HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82023-02-09
Mojoportal v2.7 was discovered to contain an authenticated XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability.
- CVE-2022-47514HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-12-18
An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in XML-RPC.NET before 2.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks, as demonstrated by a pingback.aspx POST request.
- CVE-2022-25628HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-12-16
An authenticated user can perform XML eXternal Entity injection in Management Console in Symantec Identity Manager 14.4
- CVE-2022-43570HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-11-04
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.12, 8.2.9, and 9.0.2, an authenticated user can perform an extensible markup language (XML) external entity (XXE) injection via a custom View. The XXE injection causes Splunk Web to embed incorrect d…
- CVE-2022-34793HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-06-30
Jenkins Recipe Plugin 1.2 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
- CVE-2022-30971HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-05-17
Jenkins Storable Configs Plugin 1.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
- CVE-2022-21949HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-05-03
A Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in SUSE Open Build Service allows remote attackers to reference external entities in certain operations. This can be used to gain information from the server that can be…
- CVE-2022-25209HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-02-15
Jenkins Chef Sinatra Plugin 1.20 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
- CVE-2021-42560HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-01-12
An issue was discovered in CALDERA 2.9.0. The Debrief plugin receives base64 encoded "SVG" parameters when generating a PDF document. These SVG documents are parsed in an unsafe manner and can be leveraged for XXE attacks (e.g., File Exfil…
- CVE-2020-28736HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82020-12-30
Plone before 5.2.3 allows XXE attacks via a feature that is protected by an unapplied permission of plone.schemaeditor.ManageSchemata (therefore, only available to the Manager role).
- CVE-2020-28734HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82020-12-30
Plone before 5.2.3 allows XXE attacks via a feature that is explicitly only available to the Manager role.
- CVE-2020-7572HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82020-11-19
A CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability exists in EcoStruxure Building Operation WebReports V1.9 - V3.1 that could cause an authenticated remote user being able to inject arbitrary XML code and obtain …
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