ubuntu-cve-2020-10683
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-05-01 19:15
Modified
2025-10-24 04:48
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
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          {
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      },
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        }
      ],
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      ]
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    {
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      },
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      ]
    },
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      "package": {
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      },
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "dom4j",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/dom4j@2.1.1-2?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
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            {
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          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10683",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:48:22Z",
  "published": "2020-05-01T19:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10683"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4575-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10683"
    }
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  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-10683"
  ]
}



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