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Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CVE-2019-1010268

High
9.8/10

Summary

Ladon since 0.6.1 (since ebef0aae48af78c159b6fce81bc6f5e7e0ddb059) is affected by: XML External Entity (XXE). The impact is: Information Disclosure, reading files and reaching internal network endpoints. The component is: SOAP request handlers. For instance: https://bitbucket.org/jakobsg/ladon/src/42944fc012a3a48214791c120ee5619434505067/src/ladon/interfaces/soap.py#lines-688. The attack vector is: Send a specially crafted SOAP call.

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