VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-10683

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability7.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-05-01
Last modified2026-08-25
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-611

Primary references