GHSA-6pcc-3rfx-4gpm

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6pcc-3rfx-4gpm
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/10/GHSA-6pcc-3rfx-4gpm/GHSA-6pcc-3rfx-4gpm.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-6pcc-3rfx-4gpm
Aliases
Published
2018-10-16T17:01:25Z
Modified
2024-03-14T05:32:35.101919Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Dom4j contains a XML Injection vulnerability
Details

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.

Note: This advisory applies to dom4j:dom4j version 1.x legacy artifacts. To resolve this a change to the latest version of org.dom4j:dom4j is recommended.

References

Affected packages

Maven / org.dom4j:dom4j

Package

Name
org.dom4j:dom4j
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Purl
pkg:maven/org.dom4j/dom4j

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.0-RC1
2.0.0
2.0.1
2.0.2

Maven / org.dom4j:dom4j

Package

Name
org.dom4j:dom4j
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/org.dom4j/dom4j

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.1.0
Fixed
2.1.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.0

Maven / dom4j:dom4j

Package

Name
dom4j:dom4j
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/dom4j/dom4j

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last affected
1.6.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.1
1.3
1.4
1.4-dev-2
1.4-dev-3
1.4-dev-4
1.4-dev-5
1.4-dev-6
1.4-dev-7
1.4-dev-8
1.5-beta-2
1.5-rc1
1.5
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.6
1.6.1