{"id":"CVE-2018-1309","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-1309","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:35:02.953Z","title":"Malicious XML content could cause information disclosure or remote code execution.","description":"Apache NiFi External XML Entity issue in SplitXML processor. Malicious XML content could cause information disclosure or remote code execution. The fix to disable external general entity parsing and disallow doctype declarations was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.6.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.","published":"2018-05-23T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:50:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["apache/nifi"],"epss":{"score":0.0452,"percentile":0.91484,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2018-1309","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2018-1309","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1309","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}