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 12 of 29
- CVE-2017-5828HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12018-02-15
An arbitrary command execution vulnerability in HPE Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version 6.6.x was found.
- CVE-2018-1307HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12018-02-09
In Apache jUDDI 3.2 through 3.3.4, if using the WADL2Java or WSDL2Java classes, which parse a local or remote XML document and then mediates the data structures into UDDI data structures, there are little protections present against entity…
- CVE-2017-1666HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12018-01-09
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 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 consume memory…
- CVE-2017-1477HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-11-13
IBM Security Access Manager Appliance 9.0.3 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 consume memory resour…
- CVE-2017-1527HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-09-26
IBM Business Process Manager 7.5, 8.0, and 8.5 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 consume memory res…
- CVE-2017-1458HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-09-05
IBM QRadar Network Security 5.4 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 consume memory resources. IBM X-F…
- CVE-2016-9698HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-06-08
IBM Rhapsody DM 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive informat…
- CVE-2017-1103HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-05-10
IBM Team Concert (RTC) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or cons…
- CVE-2017-1149HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-04-25
IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensiti…
- CVE-2016-9707HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-03-31
IBM Jazz Foundation is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume…
- CVE-2016-9724HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-03-07
IBM QRadar 7.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all …
- CVE-2016-8974HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-02-23
IBM Rhapsody DM 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive informati…
- CVE-2016-8980HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-02-01
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or con…
- CVE-2016-6059HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12017-02-01
IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive informat…
- CVE-2016-3055HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12016-12-01
IBM FileNet Workplace 4.0.2 before 4.0.2.14 LA012 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with…
- CVE-2016-3033HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12016-12-01
IBM AppScan Source 8.7 through 9.0.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity …
- CVE-2022-38419HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 8.12022-10-14
Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary file system read. Exploitation of th…
- CVE-2014-3643HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 8.12019-12-15
jersey: XXE via parameter entities not disabled by the jersey SAX parser
- CVE-2018-12471HIGHCVSS 6.5EG 8.12018-10-04
A External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability in SUSE Linux SMT allows remote attackers to read data from the server or cause DoS by referencing blocking elements. Affected releases are SUSE Linux SMT: versions prior to 3.0.37.
- CVE-2020-5323HIGHCVSS 5.4EG 8.12021-07-19
Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise (OME) versions prior to 3.2 and OpenManage Enterprise-Modular (OME-M) versions prior to 1.10.00 contain an injection vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user with low privileges could potentially …
- CVE-2025-7766HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02025-07-22
Lantronix Provisioning Manager is vulnerable to XML external entity attacks in configuration files supplied by network devices, leading to unauthenticated remote code execution on hosts with Provisioning Manager installed.
- CVE-2024-4690HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-10-16
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in OpenText Application Automation Tools allows DTD Injection.This issue affects OpenText Application Automation Tools: 24.1.0 and below.
- CVE-2024-4189HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-10-16
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in OpenText Application Automation Tools allows DTD Injection.This issue affects OpenText Application Automation Tools: 24.1.0 and below.
- CVE-2024-4184HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-10-16
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in OpenText Application Automation Tools allows DTD Injection.This issue affects OpenText Application Automation Tools: 24.1.0 and below.
- CVE-2024-25606HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-02-20
XXE vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.7, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 4, 7.3 before update 12, 7.2 before fix pack 20, and older unsupported versions allows attackers with permission t…
- CVE-2017-6323HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02018-04-16
The Symantec Management Console prior to ITMS 8.1 RU1, ITMS 8.0_POST_HF6, and ITMS 7.6_POST_HF7 has an issue whereby XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser. This attack may lea…
- CVE-2017-6662HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02017-06-26
A vulnerability in the web-based user interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) and Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker read and write access to information stored in the affected sy…
- CVE-2026-21569HIGHCVSS 7.9EG 7.92026-01-28
This High severity XXE (XML External Entity Injection) vulnerability was introduced in version 7.1.0 of Crowd Data Center and Server. This XXE (XML External Entity Injection) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 7.9, allows an authentic…
- CVE-2018-9375HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-01-17
In multiple functions of UserDictionaryProvider.java, there is a possible way to add and delete words in the user dictionary due to a confused deputy. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges…
- CVE-2024-12476HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-01-17
CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability exists that could cause information disclosure, impacts workstation integrity and potential remote code execution on the compromised computer, when specific craft…
- CVE-2024-3969HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82024-05-28
XML External Entity injection vulnerability found in OpenText™ iManager 3.2.6.0200. This could lead to remote code execution by parsing untrusted XML payload
- CVE-2024-3486HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82024-05-15
XML External Entity injection vulnerability found in OpenText™ iManager 3.2.6.0200. This could lead to information disclosure and remote code execution.
- CVE-2023-24187HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82023-02-14
An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in ureport v2.2.9 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted XML file to /ureport/designer/saveReportFile.
- CVE-2022-40304HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82022-11-23
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked.
- CVE-2022-27873HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82022-07-29
An attacker can force the victim’s device to perform arbitrary HTTP requests in WAN through a malicious SVG file being parsed by Autodesk Fusion 360’s document parser. The vulnerability exists in the application’s ‘Insert SVG’ pr…
- CVE-2021-46365HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82022-02-11
An issue in the Export function of Magnolia v6.2.3 and below allows attackers to execute XML External Entity attacks via a crafted XLF file.
- CVE-2022-21220HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82022-02-09
Improper restriction of XML external entity for Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition before version 21.3 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2014-5238HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82020-01-14
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Open-Xchange (OX) AppSuite before 7.4.2-rev11 and 7.6.x before 7.6.0-rev9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly other unspecified impact via a crafted OpenDocument Text docu…
- CVE-2016-9487HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-07-13
EpubCheck 4.0.1 does not properly restrict resolving external entities when parsing XML in EPUB files during validation. An attacker who supplies a specially crafted EPUB file may be able to exploit this behavior to read arbitrary files, o…
- CVE-2018-1000548HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-06-26
Umlet version < 14.3 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in File parsing that can result in disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, server side request forgery. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially …
- CVE-2018-1000546HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-06-26
Triplea version <= 1.9.0.0.10291 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Importing game data that can result in Possible information disclosure, server-side request forgery, or remote code execution. This attack appear to be …
- CVE-2018-1000542HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-06-26
netbeans-mmd-plugin version <= 1.4.3 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in MMD file import that can result in Possible information disclosure, server-side request forgery, or remote code execution. This attack appear to be …
- CVE-2018-1000540HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-06-26
LoboEvolution version < 9b75694cedfa4825d4a2330abf2719d470c654cd contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in XML Parsing when viewing the XML file in the browser that can result in disclosure of confidential data, denial of servi…
- CVE-2017-1000498HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-01-03
AndroidSVG version 1.2.2 is vulnerable to XXE attacks in the SVG parsing component resulting in denial of service and possibly remote code execution
- CVE-2016-5002HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-10-27
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library 3.1.3, as used in Apache Archiva, allows remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD.
- CVE-2016-4434HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-09-30
Apache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via vectors involving (1) spreadsheets in OOXML files and (2) XMP metad…
- CVE-2017-6055HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-02-17
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in eParakstitajs 3 before 1.3.9 and eParaksts Java lib before 2.5.13 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted edoc file.
- CVE-2016-2175HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82016-06-01
Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 and 2.x before 2.0.1 does not properly initialize the XML parsers, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.
- CVE-2018-2392HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.82018-02-14
Under certain conditions SAP Internet Graphics Server (IGS) 7.20, 7.20EXT, 7.45, 7.49, 7.53, fails to validate XML External Entity appropriately causing the SAP Internet Graphics Server (IGS) to become unavailable.
- CVE-2024-53674HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.82024-11-26
An XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability in HPE Insight Remote Support may allow remote users to disclose information in certain cases.
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