CVE-2018-1000632

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    CVE-2018-1000632

    Published: 20 Aug 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1 or later.

    References: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00571f362a7a2470fba50a31282c65637c40d2e21ebe6ee535a4ed74%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4a77652531d62299a30815cf5f233af183425db8e3c9a824a814e768%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5a020ecaa3c701f408f612f7ba2ee37a021644c4a39da2079ed3ddbc%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7e9e78f0e4288fac6591992836d2a80d4df19161e54bd71ab4b8e458%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6e120e6ed473f4e00dde4c398fc6698eb383bd7857d20513e989ce%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9d4c1af6f702c3d6d6f229de57112ddccac8ce44446a01b7937ab9e0%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d7d960b2778e35ec9b4d40c8efd468c7ce7163bcf6489b633491c89f%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51%40%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOOVVCRQE6ATFD2JM2EMDXOQXTRIVZGP/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KJULAHVR3I5SX7OSMXAG75IMNSAYOXGA/, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0362, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0364, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0365, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0380, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1159, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1160, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1161, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1162, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172, https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/48, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00028.html, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0001/, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html, https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/e598eb43d418744c4dbf62f647dd2381c9ce9387, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html, https://ihacktoprotect.com/post/dom4j-xml-injection/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- a4d39926ff08656e4cf86c37f3246029c4e9122b

    Affected versions

    version-2.0.2
    version-2.0.1
    version-2.0.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High