vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2018-1000632: dom4j: XML Injection in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute which can impact the integrity of XML documents
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Aug 20, 2018 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 20, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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