SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-10683

dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 7.27%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
7.27% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-611
Affected
dom4j project/dom4j · oracle/agile product lifecycle management · oracle/application testing suite · oracle/banking platform · oracle/business process management suite · oracle/communications application session controller · oracle/communications diameter signaling router · oracle/communications unified inventory management · oracle/data integrator · oracle/documaker · oracle/endeca information discovery integrator · oracle/enterprise data quality · oracle/enterprise manager base platform · oracle/financial services analytical applications infrastructure · oracle/flexcube core banking · oracle/fusion middleware · oracle/health sciences empirica signal · oracle/health sciences information manager · oracle/insurance policy administration j2ee · oracle/insurance rules palette · +18 more
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.