What is GHSA-wvpv-8524-wg6x?

GHSA-wvpv-8524-wg6x is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. mxGraph vulnerable to XXE attacks

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-wvpv-8524-wg6x cover?

GHSA-wvpv-8524-wg6x covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2017-18197. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-wvpv-8524-wg6x?

GHSA-wvpv-8524-wg6x has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-wvpv-8524-wg6x?

GHSA-wvpv-8524-wg6x affects 1 product, including: npm/mxgraph:\u003c 3.7.6.

GHSA-wvpv-8524-wg6xCriticalCVSS 9.8

mxGraph vulnerable to XXE attacks

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 14, 2022

Last Modified

October 19, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-18197 →

📋 Description

In mxGraphViewImageReader.java in mxGraph before 3.7.6, the SAXParserFactory instance in convert() is missing flags to prevent XML External Entity (XXE) attacks, as demonstrated by /ServerView.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/mxgraph:< 3.7.6

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18197
https://github.com/jgraph/mxgraph/issues/124
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00002.html
https://github.com/jgraph/mxgraph/commit/97b3718db64a6ca9afb3382de2926eb8da660052
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wvpv-8524-wg6x