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Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CVE-2017-15639

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

tasks/feed/readRSS.cfm in Mura CMS before 6.2 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the "draggable feeds" feature.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published