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CVE-2017-12621

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published9/28/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

apache:commons_jelly

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-611

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101052(security@apache.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039444(security@apache.org)

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JELLY-293(security@apache.org)

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f1fc3f2c45264af44ce782d54b5908ac95f02bf7ad88bb57bfb04b73%40%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E(security@apache.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101052(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039444(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JELLY-293(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f1fc3f2c45264af44ce782d54b5908ac95f02bf7ad88bb57bfb04b73%40%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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