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 | debian-upgrade-dom4j | Apr 30, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-dom4j | Jun 17, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-dom4j | Sep 28, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-dom4j | Jun 3, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-dom4j | Jul 31, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | |
| Red Hat Jboss Eap | red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest | Sep 19, 2024 | Apr 15, 2020 | |
| Redhat_linux | — | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | May 1, 2020 |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-dom4jsuse-upgrade-dom4j-demosuse-upgrade-dom4j-javadocsuse-upgrade-dom4j-manual | May 27, 2020 | May 1, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-libdom4j-java | Oct 14, 2020 | May 1, 2020 |
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