CVE-2020-10683
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 1, 2020 at 06:55 PM UTC
Updated: August 25, 2026 at 04:28 PM UTC
38 products affected across 5 vendorsUbuntu LinuxLeapOnCommand Workflow Automation
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v < 2.0.32.1.0 ≤ v < 2.1.3
Affected range stops below 2.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
All versions
95%
All versions
SnapCenter· NetAppdrupal
95%All versions
All versions
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (20)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.htmlx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/releases/tag/version-2.1.3Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51f3f9801058e47153c0ad9bc6209d57a592fc0e7aefd787760911b8%40%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3ECVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-611
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