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Red Hat JBossEAP: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CVE-2020-10683)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CVE-2020-10683)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/15/2020
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
09/20/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

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