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CVE-2018-1000632

dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addEleme

dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document.

This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1 or later.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.01611
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-91XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)
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Affected Products & Versions

19
dom4j project dom4j>= 2.0.0 and < 2.0.3
dom4j project dom4j>= 2.1.0 and < 2.1.1
debian linuxall versions
oracle flexcube investor servicingall versions
oracle primavera p6 enterprise project portfolio management>= 16.1.0.0 and <= 16.2.20.1
oracle primavera p6 enterprise project portfolio management>= 17.1.0.0 and <= 17.12.17.1
oracle primavera p6 enterprise project portfolio management>= 18.1.0.0 and <= 18.8.19.0
oracle primavera p6 enterprise project portfolio management>= 19.12.0.0 and <= 19.12.6.0
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Affected Packages

2
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven dom4j:dom4j HIGH
Maven org.dom4j:dom4j HIGH fixed in 2.0.3
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocihacktoprotect.com · dom4j-xml-injectionihacktoprotect.com
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD20 Aug 2018 · 07:31 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

16
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10724-1
usnUSN-4619-1
rhsaRHSA-2020:3192Important
rhsaRHSA-2019:3172Low
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2018:4045-1
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References & Sources

20
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0362Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/e598eb43d418744c4dbf62f647dd2381c9ce9387PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/48Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00571f362a7a2470fba50a31282c65637c40d2e21ebe6ee535a4ed74%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4a77652531d62299a30815cf5f233af183425db8e3c9a824a814e768%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5a020ecaa3c701f408f612f7ba2ee37a021644c4a39da2079ed3ddbc%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E
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