CWE-643Base

Improper Neutralization of Data within XPath Expressions ('XPath Injection')

Incomplete in the CWE catalog · 14 CVEs mapped

14
CVEs mapped
6.5
Median CVSS
What it is

The product uses external input to dynamically construct an XPath expression used to retrieve data from an XML database, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes that input. This allows an attacker to control the structure of the query.

Recent examples
9.1cvss
CVE-2026-9390

CVE-2026-9390 - CRITICAL Severity Vulnerability

XML::Sig versions before 0.71 for Perl allow XPath injection in ID lookup. verify() and _get_signed_xml() in lib/XML/Sig.pm build XPath expressions by concatenating the SignedInfo/Reference/@URI value read from the document being verified. The value is neither escaped nor checked against the NCName grammar that XML requires of an ID, so a URI containing a single quote closes the string literal in the generated expression and appends arbitrary XPath operators. A crafted URI can make the lookup match elements the reference does not name, or every element in the document, so which node is selected for digest verification is decided by the injected expression rather than by the reference.

CRITICALno explanation yet
0%
epss
9.9cvss
CVE-2026-44962

CVE-2026-44962 - CRITICAL Severity Vulnerability

Plesk contains an XPath injection vulnerability in the APS Application Catalog search functionality, where user-supplied input is interpolated into XPath queries without proper sanitization. This allows an authenticated, low-privileged user to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the server, resulting in local privilege escalation.

CRITICALno explanation yet
1%
epss
7.1cvss
CVE-2026-40699

BIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability

A vulnerability exists in the undisclosed pages in the Configuration utility that may allow a low-privileged authenticated attacker to access to undisclosed sensitive information.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

HIGHno explanation yet
0%
epss
The record
Technical detail
CWE ID
CWE-643
Abstraction
Base
Structure
Simple
Status
Incomplete
References (1)