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CVE-2016-6798

N/A
Published: July 19, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorApache Sling

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

In the XSS Protection API module before 1.0.12 in Apache Sling, the method XSS.getValidXML() uses an insecure SAX parser to validate the input string, which allows for XXE attacks in all scripts which use this method to validate user input, potentially allowing an attacker to read sensitive data on the filesystem, perform same-site-request-forgery (SSRF), port-scanning behind the firewall or DoS the application.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Apache Sling· Apache
95%
v ≤ 1.0.10v < 1.0.12
Affected range stops below 1.0.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99873
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b72c3a511592ec70729b3ec2d29302b6ce87bbeab62d4745617a6bd0%40%3Cdev.sling.apache.org%3E

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-611

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