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iText RUPS XML External Entity vulnerability

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 20, 2023

Package

maven com.itextpdf:itext-rups (Maven)

Affected versions

<= 7.0.1

Patched versions

None

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in iText RUPS. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file src/main/java/com/itextpdf/rups/model/XfaFile.java. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. The name of the patch is ac5590925874ef810018a6b60fec216eee54fb32. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-217054 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 30, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 30, 2022
Reviewed Jan 10, 2023
Last updated Oct 20, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-20151

GHSA ID

GHSA-j69f-fgh5-f7mc

Source code

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