PT-2021-11262 · Easy-Xml · Easy-Xml

Published 2021-10-31 · Updated 2022-10-27 · CVE-2020-26705

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.1

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Easy-XML version 0.5.0

Description: The issue allows an attacker to expose sensitive data or perform a denial of service via a crafted external entity entered into the XML content as input. This is due to a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the parseXML function.

Recommendations: For Easy-XML version 0.5.0, consider disabling the parseXML function until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-26705

GHSA-V899-28G4-QMH8

PYSEC-2021-388

Affected Products

Easy-Xml

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v899-28g4-qmh8 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2021-388 · Vendor Advisory
• ❌ https://github.com/darkfoxprime/python-easy_xml/issues/1 · Patch, Deleted
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26705 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-26705 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/easy-xml/PYSEC-2021-388.yaml · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v899-28g4-qmh8 · Note
• ❌ https://github.com/darkfoxprime/python-easy_xml · Note, Deleted