CVE-2018-1000632
Dom4j contains a XML Injection vulnerability
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.6%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-1000632
To remediate CVE-2018-1000632, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.1.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2+deb8u1 or later
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 2.0.3 or later
Is CVE-2018-1000632 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 2.1.1-1
- from 0, < 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2+deb8u1
- from 0, <= 1.6.1
- from 0, < 2.0.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |