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CVE-2020-10683

dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE

dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.0696
Schedule remediation
  • EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
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Affected Products & Versions

34
dom4j project dom4j< 2.0.3
dom4j project dom4j>= 2.1.0 and < 2.1.3
oracle agile plmall versions
oracle application testing suiteall versions
oracle banking platform>= 2.4.0 and <= 2.10.0
oracle business process management suiteall versions
oracle communications application session controllerall versions
oracle communications diameter signaling router>= 8.0.0 and <= 8.2.2
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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 CRITICAL
Maven org.dom4j:dom4j CRITICAL fixed in 2.0.3
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · 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 NVD01 May 2020 · 07:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

18
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10724-1
usnUSN-4575-1
rhsaRHSA-2020:3501Important
rhsaRHSA-2020:5568Important
rhsaRHSA-2020:3642Important
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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.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87Third Party Advisory
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