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mxGraph vulnerable to XXE attacks

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 19, 2023

Package

npm mxgraph (npm)

Affected versions

< 3.7.6

Patched versions

3.7.6

Description

In mxGraphViewImageReader.java in mxGraph before 3.7.6, the SAXParserFactory instance in convert() is missing flags to prevent XML External Entity (XXE) attacks, as demonstrated by /ServerView.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 24, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Oct 19, 2023
Last updated Oct 19, 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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-18197

GHSA ID

GHSA-wvpv-8524-wg6x

Source code

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