dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade dom4j | Apr 30, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade dom4j | Jun 17, 2020 | May 1, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade dom4j | Sep 28, 2020 | May 1, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade dom4j | Jun 3, 2020 | May 1, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade dom4j | Jul 31, 2020 | May 1, 2020 |
| Red Hat Jboss Eap | — | Upgrade Red Hat JBoss EAP to the latest version | Sep 19, 2024 | Apr 15, 2020 |
| Red_hat Jboss_eap | — | — | Jun 3, 2020 | May 1, 2020 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | May 1, 2020 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade dom4j-manualUpgrade dom4j-javadocUpgrade dom4j-demoUpgrade dom4j | May 27, 2020 | May 1, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libdom4j-java | Oct 14, 2020 | May 1, 2020 |
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