CWE-611
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Common consequences3
- ConfidentialityRead Application DataRead Files or Directories
If the attacker is able to include a crafted DTD and a default entity resolver is enabled, the attacker may be able to access arbitrary files on the system. By submitting an XML file that defines an external entity with a file:// URI, an attacker can cause the processing application to read the contents of a local file. For example, a URI such as "file:///c:/winnt/win.ini" designates (in Windows) the file C:\Winnt\win.ini, or file:///etc/passwd designates the password file in Unix-based systems. Once the content of the URI is read, it is fed back into the application that is processing the XML. This application may echo back the data (e.g., in an error message), thereby exposing the file contents.
- IntegrityBypass Protection Mechanism
An attacker may supply a crafted DTD using URIs with schemes such as http://, forcing the application to make outgoing HTTP requests to servers that the attacker cannot reach directly, which can be used to bypass firewall restrictions; hide the source of attacks such as port scanning; or otherwise leverage the server's trust relationship with other entities.
- AvailabilityDoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory)
The product could consume excessive CPU cycles or memory using a URI that points to a large file, or a device that always returns data such as /dev/random. Alternately, the URI could reference a file that contains many nested or recursive entity references to further slow down parsing.
Potential mitigations1
- ImplementationSystem Configuration
Many XML parsers and validators can be configured to disable external entity expansion.
CVEs referencing this CWE121
| CVE | Description | Severity | EPSS | Flags | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-34102 | Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.7, 2.4.6-p5, 2.4.5-p7, 2.4.4-p8 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted XML document that references external entities. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. | CRITICAL9.8 | 100%p100 | KEVWeaponized | 2025-10-23 |
| CVE-2019-9670 | mailboxd component in Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite 8.7.x before 8.7.11p10 has an XML External Entity injection (XXE) vulnerability, as demonstrated by Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml. | CRITICAL9.8 | 100%p100 | KEVWeaponized | 2025-11-04 |
| CVE-2022-28219 | Cewolf in Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus before 7060 is vulnerable to an unauthenticated XXE attack that leads to Remote Code Execution. | CRITICAL9.8 | 97%p100 | Weaponized | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2024-22024 | An XML external entity or XXE vulnerability in the SAML component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x), Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) and ZTA gateways which allows an attacker to access certain restricted resources without authentication. | HIGH8.3 | 95%p100 | PoC | 2025-10-31 |
| CVE-2024-38653 | XXE in SmartDeviceServer in Ivanti Avalanche 6.3.1 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on the server. | HIGH7.5 | 92%p100 | 2024-08-15 | |
| CVE-2017-12629 | Remote code execution occurs in Apache Solr before 7.1 with Apache Lucene before 7.1 by exploiting XXE in conjunction with use of a Config API add-listener command to reach the RunExecutableListener class. Elasticsearch, although it uses Lucene, is NOT vulnerable to this. Note that the XML external entity expansion vulnerability occurs in the XML Query Parser which is available, by default, for any query request with parameters deftype=xmlparser and can be exploited to upload malicious data to the /upload request handler or as Blind XXE using ftp wrapper in order to read arbitrary local files from the Solr server. Note also that the second vulnerability relates to remote code execution using the RunExecutableListener available on all affected versions of Solr. | CRITICAL9.8 | 92%p100 | Functional | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2013-6429 | The SourceHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.RC1 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4152 and CVE-2013-7315. | NONE | 90%p100 | 2026-04-29 | |
| CVE-2021-29447 | Wordpress is an open source CMS. A user with the ability to upload files (like an Author) can exploit an XML parsing issue in the Media Library leading to XXE attacks. This requires WordPress installation to be using PHP 8. Access to internal files is possible in a successful XXE attack. This has been patched in WordPress version 5.7.1, along with the older affected versions via a minor release. We strongly recommend you keep auto-updates enabled. | MEDIUM6.5 | 86%p100 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2025-54254 | Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files on the local file system, scope is changed. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. | HIGH8.6 | 86%p100 | 2025-10-02 | |
| CVE-2022-2414 | Access to external entities when parsing XML documents can lead to XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially retrieve the content of arbitrary files by sending specially crafted HTTP requests. | HIGH7.5 | 85%p100 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2021-2401 | Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: E-Business Suite - XDO). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.0.0.0, 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle BI Publisher accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N). | MEDIUM5.3 | 85%p100 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2024-53675 | An XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability in HPE Insight Remote Support may allow remote users to disclose information in certain cases. | HIGH7.5 | 84%p100 | 2024-12-12 | |
| CVE-2023-44412 | D-Link D-View addDv7Probe XML External Entity Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of D-Link D-View. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the addDv7Probe function. Due to the improper restriction of XML External Entity (XXE) references, a crafted document specifying a URI causes the XML parser to access the URI and embed the contents back into the XML document for further processing. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-19571. | NONE | 84%p100 | 2025-08-07 | |
| CVE-2025-66516 | Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core (1.13-3.2.1), tika-pdf-module (2.0.0-3.2.1) and tika-parsers (1.13-1.28.5) modules on all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside of a PDF. This CVE covers the same vulnerability as in CVE-2025-54988. However, this CVE expands the scope of affected packages in two ways. First, while the entrypoint for the vulnerability was the tika-parser-pdf-module as reported in CVE-2025-54988, the vulnerability and its fix were in tika-core. Users who upgraded the tika-parser-pdf-module but did not upgrade tika-core to >= 3.2.2 would still be vulnerable. Second, the original report failed to mention that in the 1.x Tika releases, the PDFParser was in the "org.apache.tika:tika-parsers" module. | CRITICAL9.8 | 80%p100 | PoC | 2026-02-26 |
| CVE-2025-2777 | SysAid On-Prem versions <= 23.3.40 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the lshw processing functionality, allowing for administrator account takeover and file read primitives. | CRITICAL9.8 | 79%p100 | 2026-02-26 | |
| CVE-2020-17408 | This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of NEC ExpressCluster 4.1. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the clpwebmc executable. Due to the improper restriction of XML External Entity (XXE) references, a specially-crafted document specifying a URI causes the XML parser to access the URI and embed the contents back into the XML document for further processing. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-10801. | HIGH7.5 | 74%p99 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2020-27858 | This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of CA Arcserve D2D 16.5. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the getNews method. Due to the improper restriction of XML External Entity (XXE) references, a specially-crafted document specifying a URI causes the XML parser to access the URI and embed the contents back into the XML document for further processing. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-11103. | HIGH7.5 | 74%p99 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2020-11991 | When using the StreamGenerator, the code parse a user-provided XML. A specially crafted XML, including external system entities, could be used to access any file on the server system. | HIGH7.5 | 73%p99 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2025-2776 | SysAid On-Prem versions <= 23.3.40 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Server URL processing functionality, allowing for administrator account takeover and file read primitives. | CRITICAL9.8 | 73%p99 | KEVPoC | 2025-11-19 |
| CVE-2016-4264 | The Office Open XML (OOXML) feature in Adobe ColdFusion 10 before Update 21 and 11 before Update 10 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or send TCP requests to intranet servers via a crafted OOXML spreadsheet containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. | NONE | 69%p99 | Functional | 2026-05-06 |
| CVE-2021-21659 | Jenkins URLTrigger Plugin 0.48 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. | HIGH8.1 | 67%p99 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2025-58360 | GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. From version 2.26.0 to before 2.26.2 and before 2.25.6, an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability was identified. The application accepts XML input through a specific endpoint /geoserver/wms operation GetMap. However, this input is not sufficiently sanitized or restricted, allowing an attacker to define external entities within the XML request. This issue has been patched in GeoServer 2.25.6, GeoServer 2.26.3, and GeoServer 2.27.0. | CRITICAL9.8 | 67%p99 | KEVFunctional | 2026-02-26 |
| CVE-2021-37425 | Altova MobileTogether Server before 7.3 SP1 allows XXE attacks, such as an InfoSetChanges/Changes attack against /workflowmanagement, or reading mobiletogetherserver.cfg and then reading the certificate and private key. | CRITICAL9.1 | 66%p99 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2020-15419 | This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Veeam ONE 10.0.0.750_20200415. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Reporter_ImportLicense class. Due to the improper restriction of XML External Entity (XXE) references, a specially crafted document specifying a URI causes the XML parser to access the URI and embed the contents back into the XML document for further processing. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose file contents in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-10710. | HIGH7.5 | 64%p99 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2025-2775 | SysAid On-Prem versions <= 23.3.40 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Checkin processing functionality, allowing for administrator account takeover and file read primitives. | HIGH7.5 | 55%p99 | KEVPoC | 2025-11-19 |
| CVE-2024-37397 | An External XML Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the provisioning web service of Ivanti EPM before 2022 SU6, or the 2024 September update allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to leak API secrets. | HIGH8.2 | 55%p99 | 2025-07-10 | |
| CVE-2024-30043 | Microsoft SharePoint Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability | HIGH7.5 | 55%p99 | PoC | 2025-05-03 |
| CVE-2022-38419 | Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary file system read. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. | HIGH7.5 | 53%p99 | 2025-04-23 | |
| CVE-2012-3363 | Zend_XmlRpc in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 does not properly handle SimpleXMLElement classes, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an external entity reference in a DOCTYPE element in an XML-RPC request, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack. | CRITICAL9.1 | 50%p99 | PoC | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2018-1285 | Apache log4net versions before 2.0.10 do not disable XML external entities when parsing log4net configuration files. This allows for XXE-based attacks in applications that accept attacker-controlled log4net configuration files. | CRITICAL9.8 | 50%p99 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2025-30220 | GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. GeoTools Schema class use of Eclipse XSD library to represent schema data structure is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) exploit. This impacts whoever exposes XML processing with gt-xsd-core involved in parsing, when the documents carry a reference to an external XML schema. The gt-xsd-core Schemas class is not using the EntityResolver provided by the ParserHandler (if any was configured). This also impacts users of gt-wfs-ng DataStore where the ENTITY_RESOLVER connection parameter was not being used as intended. This vulnerability is fixed in GeoTools 33.1, 32.3, 31.7, and 28.6.1, GeoServer 2.27.1, 2.26.3, and 2.25.7, and GeoNetwork 4.4.8 and 4.2.13. | CRITICAL9.1 | 49%p99 | 2025-08-26 | |
| CVE-2018-8420 | A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML parser processes user input, aka "MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. | NONE | 49%p99 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2024-53674 | An XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability in HPE Insight Remote Support may allow remote users to disclose information in certain cases. | HIGH7.5 | 47%p99 | 2024-12-12 | |
| CVE-2021-21672 | Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin 1.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. | MEDIUM4.3 | 43%p99 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2018-2392 | Under certain conditions SAP Internet Graphics Server (IGS) 7.20, 7.20EXT, 7.45, 7.49, 7.53, fails to validate XML External Entity appropriately causing the SAP Internet Graphics Server (IGS) to become unavailable. | NONE | 41%p98 | Functional | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2019-7442 | An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Password Vault Web Access (PVWA) of CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault <=10.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or potentially bypass authentication via a crafted DTD in the SAML authentication system. | NONE | 39%p98 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2021-21642 | Jenkins Config File Provider Plugin 3.7.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. | HIGH8.1 | 38%p98 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2019-9757 | An issue was discovered in LabKey Server 19.1.0. Sending an SVG containing an XXE payload to the endpoint visualization-exportImage.view or visualization-exportPDF.view allows local files to be read. | HIGH7.5 | 37%p98 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2022-42341 | Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary file system read. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. | HIGH7.5 | 36%p98 | 2025-04-23 | |
| CVE-2024-6893 | The "soap_cgi.pyc" API handler allows the XML body of SOAP requests to contain references to external entities. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to read local files, perform server-side request forgery, and overwhelm the web server resources. | HIGH7.5 | 33%p98 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2018-13415 | In Plex Media Server 1.13.2.5154, the XML parsing engine for SSDP/UPnP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing (XXE) attack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can use this vulnerability to: (1) Access arbitrary files from the filesystem with the same permission as the user account running Plex, (2) Initiate SMB connections to capture a NetNTLM challenge/response and crack to cleartext password, or (3) Initiate SMB connections to relay a NetNTLM challenge/response and achieve Remote Command Execution in Windows domains. | NONE | 32%p98 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2020-4463 | IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6.0.1 and 7.6.0.2 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 181484. | HIGH8.2 | 32%p98 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2025-11700 | N-central versions < 2025.4 are vulnerable to multiple XML External Entities injection leading to information disclosure | HIGH7.5 | 31%p98 | Functional | 2025-12-15 |
| CVE-2009-1699 | The XSL stylesheet implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not properly handle XML external entities, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DTD, as demonstrated by a file:///etc/passwd URL in an entity declaration, related to an "XXE attack." | HIGH7.5 | 29%p98 | Functional | 2026-04-23 |
| CVE-2019-13608 | Citrix StoreFront Server before 1903, 7.15 LTSR before CU4 (3.12.4000), and 7.6 LTSR before CU8 (3.0.8000) allows XXE attacks. | HIGH7.5 | 28%p98 | KEV+R | 2025-11-06 |
| CVE-2018-15531 | JavaMelody before 1.74.0 has XXE via parseSoapMethodName in bull/javamelody/PayloadNameRequestWrapper.java. | CRITICAL9.8 | 28%p98 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2020-24589 | The Management Console in WSO2 API Manager through 3.1.0 and API Microgateway 2.2.0 allows XML External Entity injection (XXE) attacks. | CRITICAL9.1 | 27%p98 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2021-21669 | Jenkins Generic Webhook Trigger Plugin 1.72 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. | CRITICAL9.8 | 26%p98 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2018-18980 | An XML External Entity injection (XXE) vulnerability exists in Zoho ManageEngine Network Configuration Manager and OpManager before 12.3.214 via the RequestXML parameter in a /devices/ProcessRequest.do GET request. For example, the attacker can trigger the transmission of local files to an arbitrary remote FTP server. | NONE | 25%p98 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2019-8086 | Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5, 6.4, 6.3 and 6.2 have a xml external entity injection vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to sensitive information disclosure. | HIGH7.5 | 24%p98 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2016-9563 | BC-BMT-BPM-DSK in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.5 allows remote authenticated users to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via the sap.com~tc~bpem~him~uwlconn~provider~web/bpemuwlconn URI, aka SAP Security Note 2296909. | MEDIUM6.5 | 24%p98 | KEV | 2026-04-21 |
| CVE-2019-13358 | lib/DocumentToText.php in OpenCats before 0.9.4-3 has XXE that allows remote users to read files on the underlying operating system. The attacker must upload a file in the docx or odt format. | HIGH7.5 | 24%p98 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2018-8527 | An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) when parsing a malicious XEL file containing a reference to an external entity, aka "SQL Server Management Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects SQL Server Management Studio 17.9, SQL Server Management Studio 18.0. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8532, CVE-2018-8533. | NONE | 23%p98 | Functional | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2018-8532 | An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) when parsing a malicious XMLA file containing a reference to an external entity, aka "SQL Server Management Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects SQL Server Management Studio 17.9, SQL Server Management Studio 18.0. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8527, CVE-2018-8533. | NONE | 23%p98 | Functional | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2018-8533 | An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) when parsing malicious XML content containing a reference to an external entity, aka "SQL Server Management Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects SQL Server Management Studio 17.9, SQL Server Management Studio 18.0. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8527, CVE-2018-8532. | NONE | 23%p98 | Functional | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2025-68493 | Missing XML Validation vulnerability in Apache Struts, Apache Struts. This issue affects Apache Struts: from 2.0.0 before 2.2.1; Apache Struts: from 2.2.1 through 6.1.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.1.1, which fixes the issue. | HIGH8.1 | 22%p97 | PoC | 2026-03-11 |
| CVE-2018-8494 | A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML parser processes user input, aka "MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. | NONE | 22%p97 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2018-0878 | Windows Remote Assistance in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an information disclosure vulnerability due to how XML External Entities (XXE) are processed, aka "Windows Remote Assistance Information Disclosure Vulnerability". | LOW3.1 | 22%p97 | Functional | 2025-04-04 |
| CVE-2019-0795 | A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML parser processes user input, aka 'MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0790, CVE-2019-0791, CVE-2019-0792, CVE-2019-0793. | NONE | 21%p97 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2018-1308 | This vulnerability in Apache Solr 1.2 to 6.6.2 and 7.0.0 to 7.2.1 relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) in the `&dataConfig=<inlinexml>` parameter of Solr's DataImportHandler. It can be used as XXE using file/ftp/http protocols in order to read arbitrary local files from the Solr server or the internal network. | HIGH7.5 | 21%p97 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2018-13417 | In Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0, the XML parsing engine for SSDP/UPnP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing (XXE) attack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can use this vulnerability to: (1) Access arbitrary files from the filesystem with the same permission as the user account running Vuze, (2) Initiate SMB connections to capture a NetNTLM challenge/response and crack to cleartext password, or (3) Initiate SMB connections to relay a NetNTLM challenge/response and achieve Remote Command Execution in Windows domains. | NONE | 21%p97 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2018-13416 | In Universal Media Server (UMS) 7.1.0, the XML parsing engine for SSDP/UPnP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing (XXE) attack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can use this vulnerability to: (1) Access arbitrary files from the filesystem with the same permission as the user account running UMS, (2) Initiate SMB connections to capture a NetNTLM challenge/response and crack to cleartext password, or (3) Initiate SMB connections to relay a NetNTLM challenge/response and achieve Remote Command Execution in Windows domains. | NONE | 20%p97 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2022-43473 | A blind XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in the Add UCS Device functionality of ManageEngine OpManager 12.6.168. A specially crafted XML file can lead to SSRF. An attacker can serve a malicious XML payload to trigger this vulnerability. | MEDIUM5.4 | 20%p97 | 2025-02-11 | |
| CVE-2021-33813 | An XXE issue in SAXBuilder in JDOM through 2.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTTP request. | HIGH7.5 | 19%p97 | 2025-09-16 | |
| CVE-2013-0340 | expat before version 2.4.0 does not properly handle entities expansion unless an application developer uses the XML_SetEntityDeclHandler function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption), send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: it could be argued that because expat already provides the ability to disable external entity expansion, the responsibility for resolving this issue lies with application developers; according to this argument, this entry should be REJECTed, and each affected application would need its own CVE. | NONE | 19%p97 | 2026-04-29 | |
| CVE-2021-27931 | LumisXP (aka Lumis Experience Platform) before 10.0.0 allows unauthenticated blind XXE via an API request to PageControllerXml.jsp. One can send a request crafted with an XXE payload and achieve outcomes such as reading local server files or denial of service. | CRITICAL9.1 | 19%p97 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2018-10613 | Multiple variants of XML External Entity (XXE) attacks may be used to exfiltrate data from the host Windows platform in GE MDS PulseNET and MDS PulseNET Enterprise version 3.2.1 and prior. | NONE | 18%p97 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2018-2393 | Under certain conditions SAP Internet Graphics Server (IGS) 7.20, 7.20EXT, 7.45, 7.49, 7.53, fails to validate XML External Entity appropriately causing the SAP Internet Graphics Server (IGS) to become unavailable. | NONE | 18%p97 | Functional | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2020-25649 | A flaw was found in FasterXML Jackson Databind, where it did not have entity expansion secured properly. This flaw allows vulnerability to XML external entity (XXE) attacks. The highest threat from this vulnerability is data integrity. | HIGH7.5 | 18%p97 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2019-0793 | A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML parser processes user input, aka 'MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0790, CVE-2019-0791, CVE-2019-0792, CVE-2019-0795. | NONE | 17%p97 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2019-0792 | A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML parser processes user input, aka 'MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0790, CVE-2019-0791, CVE-2019-0793, CVE-2019-0795. | NONE | 17%p97 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2019-0791 | A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML parser processes user input, aka 'MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0790, CVE-2019-0792, CVE-2019-0793, CVE-2019-0795. | NONE | 17%p97 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2019-10172 | A flaw was found in org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.x libraries. XML external entity vulnerabilities similar CVE-2016-3720 also affects codehaus jackson-mapper-asl libraries but in different classes. | HIGH7.5 | 17%p97 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2018-1247 | RSA Authentication Manager Security Console, version 8.3 and earlier, contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. This could potentially allow admin users to cause a denial of service or extract server data via injecting a maliciously crafted DTD in an XML file submitted to the application. | NONE | 17%p97 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2014-0030 | The XML-RPC protocol support in Apache Roller before 5.0.3 allows attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via unspecified vectors. | NONE | 17%p97 | PoC | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2019-13990 | initDocumentParser in xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java in Terracotta Quartz Scheduler through 2.3.0 allows XXE attacks via a job description. | CRITICAL9.8 | 17%p97 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2018-14485 | BlogEngine.NET 3.3 allows XXE attacks via the POST body to metaweblog.axd. | NONE | 16%p97 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2019-0790 | A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML parser processes user input, aka 'MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0791, CVE-2019-0792, CVE-2019-0793, CVE-2019-0795. | NONE | 16%p97 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2011-3600 | The /webtools/control/xmlrpc endpoint in OFBiz XML-RPC event handler is exposed to External Entity Injection by passing DOCTYPE declarations with executable payloads that discloses the contents of files in the filesystem. In addition, it can also be used to probe for open network ports, and figure out from returned error messages whether a file exists or not. This affects OFBiz 16.11.01 to 16.11.04. | HIGH7.5 | 16%p96 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2017-3548 | Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products (subcomponent: Integration Broker). Supported versions that are affected are 8.54 and 8.55. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L). | NONE | 16%p96 | PoC | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2018-1821 | IBM Operational Decision Management 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, and 8.9 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 150170. | NONE | 16%p96 | Functional | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2018-11586 | XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in api/rest/status in SearchBlox 8.6.7 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD in an XML request. | NONE | 15%p96 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2016-3974 | XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Configuration Wizard in SAP NetWeaver Java AS 7.1 through 7.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, conduct SMB Relay attacks, or access arbitrary files via a crafted XML request to _tc~monitoring~webservice~web/ServerNodesWSService, aka SAP Security Note 2235994. | CRITICAL9.1 | 15%p96 | PoC | 2026-05-06 |
| CVE-2005-1306 | The Adobe Reader control in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0 and 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files via Javascript containing XML script, aka the "XML External Entity vulnerability." | HIGH7.5 | 15%p96 | Functional | 2026-04-16 |
| CVE-2022-22835 | An issue was discovered in OverIT Geocall before version 8.0. An authenticated user who has the Test Trasformazione XSL functionality enabled can exploit a XXE vulnerability to read arbitrary files from the filesystem. | MEDIUM6.5 | 14%p96 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2019-15637 | Numerous Tableau products are vulnerable to XXE via a malicious workbook, extension, or data source, leading to information disclosure or a DoS. This affects Tableau Server, Tableau Desktop, Tableau Reader, and Tableau Public Desktop. | HIGH8.1 | 14%p96 | Functional | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2018-12463 | An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Fortify Software Security Center (SSC), version 17.1, 17.2, 18.1 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD in an XML request. | CRITICAL9.8 | 14%p96 | Functional | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2022-36969 | This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of AVEVA Edge 2020 SP2 Patch 0(4201.2111.1802.0000). User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the LoadImportedLibraries method. Due to the improper restriction of XML External Entity (XXE) references, a crafted document specifying a URI causes the XML parser to access the URI and embed the contents back into the XML document for further processing. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17394. | HIGH7.1 | 14%p96 | 2025-02-18 | |
| CVE-2012-0037 | Redland Raptor (aka libraptor) before 2.0.7, as used by OpenOffice 3.3 and 3.4 Beta, LibreOffice before 3.4.6 and 3.5.x before 3.5.1, and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML external entity (XXE) declaration and reference in an RDF document. | MEDIUM6.5 | 14%p96 | 2026-04-29 | |
| CVE-2015-0254 | Apache Standard Taglibs before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XSLT extension in a (1) <x:parse> or (2) <x:transform> JSTL XML tag. | NONE | 13%p96 | 2026-05-06 | |
| CVE-2019-10266 | An issue was discovered in Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite before 8.1.1.50. When sending an out-of-bounds XML document to a URL, it is possible to read the file structure and even the content of files without authentication. | NONE | 13%p96 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2014-3529 | The OPC SAX setup in Apache POI before 3.10.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an OpenXML file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. | NONE | 13%p96 | 2026-05-06 | |
| CVE-2017-11272 | Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.4 and earlier has a security bypass vulnerability. | NONE | 13%p96 | 2026-05-13 | |
| CVE-2019-1060 | A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML parser processes user input, aka 'MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. | HIGH8.8 | 13%p96 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2011-4107 | The simplexml_load_string function in the XML import plug-in (libraries/import/xml.php) in phpMyAdmin 3.4.x before 3.4.7.1 and 3.3.x before 3.3.10.5 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via XML data containing external entity references, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack. | MEDIUM6.5 | 13%p96 | PoC | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2019-0948 | An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) when it improperly parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could create a file containing specially crafted XML content and convince an authenticated user to import the file. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that the Event Viewer parses XML input. | MEDIUM4.7 | 13%p96 | Functional | 2025-05-20 |
| CVE-2019-0756 | A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML parser processes user input, aka 'MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. | NONE | 13%p96 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2020-8540 | An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before the 07-Mar-2020 update allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD in an XML request. | CRITICAL9.8 | 12%p96 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2015-7241 | XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in SAP Netweaver before 7.01. | NONE | 12%p96 | PoC | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2015-1832 | XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the SqlXmlUtil code in Apache Derby before 10.12.1.1, when a Java Security Manager is not in place, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving XmlVTI and the XML datatype. | CRITICAL9.1 | 12%p96 | 2026-05-06 | |
| CVE-2019-17554 | The XML content type entity deserializer in Apache Olingo versions 4.0.0 to 4.6.0 is not configured to deny the resolution of external entities. Request with content type "application/xml", which trigger the deserialization of entities, can be used to trigger XXE attacks. | MEDIUM5.5 | 12%p96 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2012-4399 | The Xml class in CakePHP 2.1.x before 2.1.5 and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via XML data containing external entity references, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack. | HIGH7.5 | 12%p96 | Functional | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2010-2245 | XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Apache Wink 1.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service via a crafted XML document. | NONE | 12%p95 | 2026-05-13 | |
| CVE-2013-6407 | The UpdateRequestHandler for XML in Apache Solr before 4.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. | NONE | 11%p95 | 2026-04-29 | |
| CVE-2022-20780 | Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an attacker to escape from the guest virtual machine (VM) to the host machine, inject commands that execute at the root level, or leak system data from the host to the VM. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory. | HIGH7.4 | 11%p95 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2017-8710 | The Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc) in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 allows an attacker to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration, due to the way that the Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc) parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity, aka "Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability". | NONE | 10%p95 | 2026-05-13 | |
| CVE-2012-6612 | The (1) UpdateRequestHandler for XSLT or (2) XPathEntityProcessor in Apache Solr before 4.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, different vectors than CVE-2013-6407. | NONE | 10%p95 | 2026-04-29 | |
| CVE-2015-5161 | The Zend_Xml_Security::scan in ZendXml before 1.0.1 and Zend Framework before 1.12.14, 2.x before 2.4.6, and 2.5.x before 2.5.2, when running under PHP-FPM in a threaded environment, allows remote attackers to bypass security checks and conduct XML external entity (XXE) and XML entity expansion (XEE) attacks via multibyte encoded characters. | NONE | 9.91%p95 | PoC | 2026-05-06 |
| CVE-2017-9096 | The XML parsers in iText before 5.5.12 and 7.x before 7.0.3 do not disable external entities, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF. | HIGH8.8 | 9.90%p95 | PoC | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2014-3600 | XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.10.1 allows remote consumers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving an XPath based selector when dequeuing XML messages. | CRITICAL9.8 | 9.85%p95 | 2026-05-13 | |
| CVE-2016-8526 | Aruba Airwave all versions up to, but not including, 8.2.3.1 is vulnerable to an XML external entities (XXE). XXEs are a way to permit XML parsers to access storage that exist on external systems. If an unprivileged user is permitted to control the contents of XML files, XXE can be used as an attack vector. Because the XML parser has access to the local filesystem and runs with the permissions of the web server, it can access any file that is readable by the web server and copy it to an external system of the attacker's choosing. This could include files that contain passwords, which could then lead to privilege escalation. | NONE | 9.82%p95 | Functional | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2022-38840 | cgi-bin/xmlstatus.cgi in Güralp MAN-EAM-0003 3.2.4 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue via XML file upload, which leads to local file disclosure. | HIGH7.5 | 9.80%p95 | PoC | 2025-02-06 |
| CVE-2018-11761 | In Apache Tika 0.1 to 1.18, the XML parsers were not configured to limit entity expansion. They were therefore vulnerable to an entity expansion vulnerability which can lead to a denial of service attack. | HIGH7.5 | 9.64%p95 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2019-0228 | Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 does not properly initialize the XML parser, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XFDF. | CRITICAL9.8 | 9.45%p95 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2020-15418 | This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Veeam ONE 10.0.0.750_20200415. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SSRSReport class. Due to the improper restriction of XML External Entity (XXE) references, a specially crafted document specifying a URI causes the XML parser to access the URI and embed the contents back into the XML document for further processing. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose file contents in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-10709. | HIGH7.5 | 9.40%p95 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2019-11677 | The Custom Report import function in Zoho ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer before 12.3 Build 123224 is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection. | NONE | 9.36%p95 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2018-8026 | This vulnerability in Apache Solr 6.0.0 to 6.6.4 and 7.0.0 to 7.3.1 relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) in Solr config files (currency.xml, enumsConfig.xml referred from schema.xml, TIKA parsecontext config file). In addition, Xinclude functionality provided in these config files is also affected in a similar way. The vulnerability can be used as XXE using file/ftp/http protocols in order to read arbitrary local files from the Solr server or the internal network. The manipulated files can be uploaded as configsets using Solr's API, allowing to exploit that vulnerability. | MEDIUM5.5 | 9.03%p95 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2017-15691 | In Apache uimaj prior to 2.10.2, Apache uimaj 3.0.0-xxx prior to 3.0.0-beta, Apache uima-as prior to 2.10.2, Apache uimaFIT prior to 2.4.0, Apache uimaDUCC prior to 2.2.2, this vulnerability relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) capability of various XML parsers. UIMA as part of its configuration and operation may read XML from various sources, which could be tainted in ways to cause inadvertent disclosure of local files or other internal content. | MEDIUM6.5 | 9.02%p95 | 2024-11-21 | |
| CVE-2017-9233 | XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD. | HIGH7.5 | 8.74%p94 | 2026-05-13 | |
| CVE-2018-10077 | XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Geist WatchDog Console 3.2.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via crafted XML data. | MEDIUM4.9 | 8.64%p94 | PoC | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2025-54445 | Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in Samsung Electronics MagicINFO 9 Server allows Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects MagicINFO 9 Server: less than 21.1080.0. | CRITICAL9.8 | 8.62%p94 | 2025-08-15 |