dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element.

Summary

dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1 or later.

Timeline

1. Aug 20, 2018, 7:00 PM UTCCVE published
2. Aug 5, 2024, 12:40 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• n/a n/a

  Version range not reported

• org.dom4j:dom4jMaven

  fixed in 2.0.3

• org.dom4j:dom4jMaven

  From 2.1.0 · fixed in 2.1.1

• dom4j:dom4jMaven

  through 1.6.1

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