# CVE-2019-13990: initDocumentParser in xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java in Terracotta Quartz Scheduler through 2.3.0 allows XXE attacks via a job descript

- Also known as: GHSA-9QCF-C26R-X5RF
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 2.3.2
- Published: 2019-07-26 · Updated: 2024-10-15

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.quartz-scheduler:quartz (Maven): fixed in 2.3.2

## Description

initDocumentParser in xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java in Terracotta Quartz Scheduler through 2.3.0 allows XXE attacks via a job description.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.quartz-scheduler:quartz, upgrade to a fixed version (2.3.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e493e718a50f21201e05e82d42a8796b4046e83f0d286b90e58e0629%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1870324fea41ea68cff2fd1bf6ee2747432dc1d9d22a22cc681e0ec3%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b6e3480b19856365fb5eef03aa0915a4679de4b019a1e975502d949%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f74b170d3d58d7a24db1afd3908bb0ab58a3900e16e73275674cdfaf%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/172d405e556e2f1204be126bb3eb28c5115af91bcc1651b4e870bb82%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://github.com/quartz-scheduler/quartz/issues/467
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re9b56ac1934d7bf16afc83eac1c39c98c1b20b4b15891dce923bf8aa%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3a6884e8d819f32cde8c07b98934de3e80467859880f784950bf44cf%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r21df13c8bd2c2eae4b9661aae814c4a2a814d1f7875c765b8b115c9a%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0002/
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/security/ssot-117-cve-2019-13990-xxe-xml-external-entity-injection-vulnerability-in-jira-service-management-data-center-and-jira-service-management-server-1295385959.html
- https://github.com/epicosy/Quartz-1

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