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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Jboss Eap | red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest | Sep 19, 2024 | Jul 1, 2018 | |
| Redhat_linux | — | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-dom4jsuse-upgrade-dom4j-demosuse-upgrade-dom4j-javadocsuse-upgrade-dom4j-manual | Sep 30, 2018 | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-libdom4j-java | Nov 6, 2020 | Aug 20, 2018 |
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