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Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CVE-2016-15026

High
7.8/10

Summary

A vulnerability was found in 3breadt dd-plist through 1.16 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is "XMLPropertyListParser" functionality. The manipulation leads to XML External Entity Reference. An attack has to be approached locally. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-221486 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Listed 4th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', XML External Entities (XXE) vulnerability allows attackers to provide an XML input that contains an external entity. When the XML is parsed, it can cause data extraction and manipulation, execution of commands, denial-of-service attacks, and server-side request forgery.

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  • Published