Name: CVE-2018-1285: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-1285, CWE-611, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.49024

Apache log4net versions before 2.0.10 do not disable XML external entities when parsing log4net configuration files. This allows for XXE-based attacks in applications that accept attacker-controlled log4net configuration files.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Autodesk Autocad	—	Update Autodesk AutoCAD to the latest version for Windows and macOS.	Jul 22, 2025	Jan 12, 2022
Debian	—	Upgrade log4net	May 19, 2020	May 11, 2020
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade liblog4net1.2-cil	Jan 20, 2021	May 11, 2020

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CVSS Details

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