PYSEC-2021-388

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    PYSEC-2021-388

    Published: 31 Oct 2021Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025

    Summary:

    Details: The parseXML function in Easy-XML 0.5.0 was discovered to have a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability which allows for an attacker to expose sensitive data or perform a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted external entity entered into the XML content as input.

    References: https://github.com/darkfoxprime/python-easy_xml/issues/1, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v899-28g4-qmh8

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: easy-xml

    Purl: pkg:pypi/easy-xml

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.5.0

    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
    PYSEC-2021-388 | CVE-DB