CVE-2020-13940
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 1, 2020 at 07:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNifi
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In Apache NiFi 1.0.0 to 1.11.4, the notification service manager and various policy authorizer and user group provider objects allowed trusted administrators to inadvertently configure a potentially malicious XML file. The XML file has the ability to make external calls to services (via XXE).
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://nifi.apache.org/security#CVE-2020-13940CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-611
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