ghsa-2363-cqg2-863c
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-07-27 19:02
Modified
2025-09-16 15:06
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
XML External Entity (XXE) Injection in JDOM
Details

An XXE issue in SAXBuilder in JDOM through 2.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTTP request. As a workaround, to avoid external entities being expanded, one can call builder.setExpandEntities(false) and they won't be expanded.

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  "affected": [
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        "name": "org.jdom:jdom2"
      },
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      },
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            }
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-33813"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-07-27T19:02:41Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-06-16T12:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "An XXE issue in SAXBuilder in JDOM through 2.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTTP request. As a workaround, to avoid external entities being expanded, one can call `builder.setExpandEntities(false)` and they won\u0027t be expanded.",
  "id": "GHSA-2363-cqg2-863c",
  "modified": "2025-09-16T15:06:10Z",
  "published": "2021-07-27T19:02:56Z",
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    },
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  "severity": [
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "XML External Entity (XXE) Injection in JDOM"
}


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