Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-12621 - XXE vulnerability in Apache Commons Jelly 1.0

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
apache
CWE-611
critical
NVD
Published: 2017-09-28
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

During Jelly (xml) file parsing with Apache Xerces, if a custom doctype entity is declared with a "SYSTEM" entity with a URL and that entity is used in the body of the Jelly file, during parser instantiation the parser will attempt to connect to said URL. This could lead to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks in Apache Commons Jelly before 1.0.1.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Apache
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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