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CVE-2018-1000840: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

December 20, 2018 (updated February 7, 2019)

Processing Foundation Processing version contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the loadXML(). An attacker can read arbitrary files and read their contents via HTTP requests.

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000840

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Affected versions

All versions up to 3.4

Fixed versions

  • 3.5

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.5 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Source file

maven/org.processing/processing-complete/CVE-2018-1000840.yml

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