CVE-2013-0340
Severity
6.8MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 81.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 21
Latest updateMay 5
Description
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 reso…
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4