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CVE-2020-10683

Dom4j Project Dom4j

dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j.

Exploitation status

  • A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.

What the metrics mean

  • It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
  • To exploit it, no account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS
9.8 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-611
Assigned by
cve@mitre.org

Dates

Published
2020-05-01
Last modified
2026-08-25
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Dom4j Project Dom4j- 2.0.3, 2.1.0 - 2.1.3
  • Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management9.3.3, 9.3.5
  • Oracle Application Testing Suite13.3.0.1
  • Oracle Banking Platform2.4.0 - 2.10.0
  • Oracle Business Process Management Suite12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
  • Oracle Communications Application Session Controller3.9m0p1
  • Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router8.0.0 - 8.2.2
  • Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management7.3.0, 7.4.0
  • Oracle Data Integrator12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
  • Oracle Documaker12.6.0 - 12.6.4
  • Oracle Endeca Information Discovery Integrator3.2.0
  • Oracle Enterprise Data Quality11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References