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CVE-2020-10683 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-10683
NVD Published Date:
May 1, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Aug 25, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-10683 Details - Not Deferred