PT-2019-14016 · Sweetxml · Sweetxml

Nlevn · Published 2019-08-19 · Updated 2022-04-12 · CVE-2019-15160

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SweetXml versions through 0.6.6

Description The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service through an XML entity expansion attack using an inline DTD, leading to resource consumption.

Recommendations For versions through 0.6.6, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent denial of service attacks.

Exploit

Fix

XXE

XML Entity Expansion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

CWE-776

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-15160

GHSA-QPMC-WPRV-X746

Affected Products

Sweetxml

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/kbrw/sweet_xml/issues/71 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qpmc-wprv-x746 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15160 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15160 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/kbrw/sweet_xml · Note
• https://hex.pm/packages/sweet_xml · Note