CVE-2019-17637
In all versions of Eclipse Web Tools Platform through release 3.18 (2020-06), XML and DTD files referring to external entities could be exploited to send the contents of local files to a remote server when edited or validated, even when external entity…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In all versions of Eclipse Web Tools Platform through release 3.18 (2020-06), XML and DTD files referring to external entities could be exploited to send the contents of local files to a remote server when edited or validated, even when external entity resolution is disabled in the user preferences.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.88% probability · 59th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-611
- Affected
- eclipse/web tools platform · debian/debian linux
- Source
- emo@eclipse.org
EPSS 0.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=458571Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=458571Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.