PT-2020-12970 · Apache · Cocoon

Published 2020-09-11 · Updated 2020-09-17 · CVE-2020-11991

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions No specific software or versions are mentioned.

Description The issue arises when using the StreamGenerator to parse user-provided XML. A specially crafted XML that includes external system entities could potentially be used to access any file on the server system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-11991

Affected Products

Cocoon

References · 3

• 🔥 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r77add973ea521185e1a90aca00ba9dae7caa8d8b944d92421702bb54%40%3Cusers.cocoon.apache.org%3E · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11991 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11991 · Security Note