VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-23792

CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability1.07%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-05-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Description

The package com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-metadata before 3.7.1 are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection due to an insecurely initialized XML parser for reading XMP Metadata. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability if they are able to supply a file (e.g. when an online profile picture is processed) with a malicious XMP segment. If the XMP metadata of the uploaded image is parsed, then the XXE vulnerability is triggered.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

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