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Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CVE-2019-5312

High
9.8/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in weixin-java-common and weixin-java-pay versions prior to 3.3.2.B. There is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the `getXmlDoc` method of the 'BaseWxPayResult.java' file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-20318.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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  • 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