CVE-2020-14478CWE-611

IMPROPER RESTRICTION OF XML EXTERNAL ENTITY REFERENCE CWE-611

High · published February 24, 2022

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
25.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A local, authenticated attacker could use an XML External Entity (XXE) attack to exploit weakly configured XML files to access local or remote content. A successful exploit could potentially cause a denial-of-service condition and allow the attacker to arbitrarily read any local file via system-level services.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00336 · 25.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Published
2022-02-24T18:27Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 FEB 18:27Z
    IMPROPER RESTRICTION OF XML EXTERNAL ENTITY REFERENCE CWE-611
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