CVE-2018-1000632

Public Exploit

Description

dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1 or later.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.20% Top 25%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00028.html third party advisory mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0364 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0362 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0365 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0380 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1160 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1162 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1159 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1161 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6e120e6ed473f4e00dde4c398fc6698eb383bd7857d20513e989ce%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4a77652531d62299a30815cf5f233af183425db8e3c9a824a814e768%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5a020ecaa3c701f408f612f7ba2ee37a021644c4a39da2079ed3ddbc%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00571f362a7a2470fba50a31282c65637c40d2e21ebe6ee535a4ed74%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d7d960b2778e35ec9b4d40c8efd468c7ce7163bcf6489b633491c89f%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9d4c1af6f702c3d6d6f229de57112ddccac8ce44446a01b7937ab9e0%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7e9e78f0e4288fac6591992836d2a80d4df19161e54bd71ab4b8e458%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html third party advisory patch
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/48 third party advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/e598eb43d418744c4dbf62f647dd2381c9ce9387 third party advisory patch
https://ihacktoprotect.com/post/dom4j-xml-injection/ third party advisory exploit
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0001/ third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOOVVCRQE6ATFD2JM2EMDXOQXTRIVZGP/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KJULAHVR3I5SX7OSMXAG75IMNSAYOXGA/ vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51%40%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-1000632?
CVE-2018-1000632 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-1000632?
To fix CVE-2018-1000632, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-1000632 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-1000632 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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