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Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CVE-2019-1187

High
7.5/10

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability exists when the XmlLite runtime (XmlLite.dll) improperly parses XML input, aka 'XmlLite Runtime Denial of Service Vulnerability'.

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