CVE-2021-23901

CWE-611 — XML External Entity (XXE)4 documents4 sources
Severity
9.1CRITICAL
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apache NutchApache Software Foundation Apache Nutch
Timeline
PublishedJan 25
Latest updateMar 18

Description

An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the Nutch DmozParser and is known to affect Nutch versions < 1.18. XML external entity injection (also known as XXE) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with an application's processing of XML data. It often allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem, and to interact with any back-end or external systems that the application itself can access. This issue is fixed in …

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDapache/nutch< 1.18
▶CVEListV5apache_software_foundation/apache_nutchApache Nutch — 1.17

Patches

Patch: issues.apache.org ↗Patch: issues.apache.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
XML external entity (XXE) injection in Apache Nutch↗2022-03-18
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GHSA
XML external entity (XXE) injection in Apache Nutch↗2022-03-18
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CVEList
An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability exists in the Nutch DmozParser↗2021-01-25
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CVE-2021-23901 (CRITICAL CVSS 9.1) | An XML external entity (XXE) inject | cvebase.io