Not a U.S. government website. NDD is an independent vulnerability database by Volerion and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NIST or NVD.
VOLERION
Volerion Security Research

NOT DEFERRED DATABASE

VULNERABILITIES

CVE-2020-11991 Details

Description

When using the StreamGenerator, the code parse a user-provided XML. A specially crafted XML, including external system entities, could be used to access any file on the server system.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving this site. These are references gathered from the official CVE record and are not endorsed by Volerion.

URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r77add973ea521185e1a90aca00ba9dae7caa8d8b944d92421702bb54%40%3Cusers.cocoon.apache.org%3E CVEExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r77add973ea521185e1a90aca00ba9dae7caa8d8b944d92421702bb54%40%3Cusers.cocoon.apache.org%3E [email protected]ExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

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

Affected Products

ProductVersions
apache cocoon
>= 2.1, <= 2.1.12

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:cocoon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-11991
NVD Published Date:
Sep 11, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-11991 Details - Not Deferred