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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade dom4j | Feb 19, 2019 | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade dom4j | Dec 4, 2019 | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade dom4j | Dec 18, 2019 | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade dom4j | Sep 24, 2019 | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Red Hat Jboss Eap | — | Upgrade Red Hat JBoss EAP to the latest version | Sep 19, 2024 | Jul 1, 2018 |
| Red_hat Jboss_eap | — | — | Jul 30, 2020 | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade dom4j-manualUpgrade dom4j-javadocUpgrade dom4jUpgrade dom4j-demo | Sep 30, 2018 | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libdom4j-java | Nov 6, 2020 | Aug 20, 2018 |
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