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CVE-2018-1000632

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Date: August 20, 2018

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.

Language: Java

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (48)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0364

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E

Url: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0362

Url: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

Url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6pcc-3rfx-4gpm

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00571f362a7a2470fba50a31282c65637c40d2e21ebe6ee535a4ed74%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1159

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0365

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOOVVCRQE6ATFD2JM2EMDXOQXTRIVZGP/

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d7d960b2778e35ec9b4d40c8efd468c7ce7163bcf6489b633491c89f%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7e9e78f0e4288fac6591992836d2a80d4df19161e54bd71ab4b8e458%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51%40%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0380

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000632

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4a77652531d62299a30815cf5f233af183425db8e3c9a824a814e768%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4a77652531d62299a30815cf5f233af183425db8e3c9a824a814e768@%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000632

Url: https://ihacktoprotect.com/post/dom4j-xml-injection

Url: https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/48

Url: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KJULAHVR3I5SX7OSMXAG75IMNSAYOXGA

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9d4c1af6f702c3d6d6f229de57112ddccac8ce44446a01b7937ab9e0%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00571f362a7a2470fba50a31282c65637c40d2e21ebe6ee535a4ed74@%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOOVVCRQE6ATFD2JM2EMDXOQXTRIVZGP

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00028.html

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0001/

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51@%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0001

Url: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5a020ecaa3c701f408f612f7ba2ee37a021644c4a39da2079ed3ddbc%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E

Url: https://ihacktoprotect.com/post/dom4j-xml-injection/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1162

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1161

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1160

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9d4c1af6f702c3d6d6f229de57112ddccac8ce44446a01b7937ab9e0@%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7e9e78f0e4288fac6591992836d2a80d4df19161e54bd71ab4b8e458@%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d7d960b2778e35ec9b4d40c8efd468c7ce7163bcf6489b633491c89f@%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KJULAHVR3I5SX7OSMXAG75IMNSAYOXGA/

Url: https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/e598eb43d418744c4dbf62f647dd2381c9ce9387

Url: https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/c2a99d7dee8ce7a4e5bef134bb781a6672bd8a0f

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6e120e6ed473f4e00dde4c398fc6698eb383bd7857d20513e989ce%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6e120e6ed473f4e00dde4c398fc6698eb383bd7857d20513e989ce@%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5a020ecaa3c701f408f612f7ba2ee37a021644c4a39da2079ed3ddbc@%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-1000632

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)

CWE-91

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2018-1000632

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Date: August 20, 2018

Language: Java

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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