diff --git a/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/converter/jaxp/XmlConverter.java b/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/converter/jaxp/XmlConverter.java
index a3f4a292e93d6..5fd8920c1e978 100644
--- a/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/converter/jaxp/XmlConverter.java
+++ b/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/converter/jaxp/XmlConverter.java
@@ -579,6 +579,12 @@ public SAXSource toSAXSourceFromStream(StreamSource source) {
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 LOG.warn("SAXParser doesn't support the feature {} with value {}, due to {}.", new Object[]{javax.xml.XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, "true", e});
             }
+            try {
+                sfactory.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities", false);
+            } catch (SAXException e) {
+                LOG.warn("SAXParser doesn't support the feature {} with value {}, due to {}."
+                        , new Object[]{"http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities", false, e});
+            }
             sfactory.setNamespaceAware(true);
             SAXParser parser = sfactory.newSAXParser();
             xmlReader = parser.getXMLReader();
diff --git a/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/xslt/XsltDTDTest.java b/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/xslt/XsltDTDTest.java
index db5d63cd4dc97..c0d2723066d18 100644
--- a/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/xslt/XsltDTDTest.java
+++ b/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/xslt/XsltDTDTest.java
@@ -57,19 +57,25 @@ private void sendEntityMessage(Object message) throws Exception {
         Exchange exchange = list.get(0);
         String xml = exchange.getIn().getBody(String.class);
         assertTrue("Get a wrong transformed message", xml.indexOf("<transformed subject=\"\">") > 0);
-        
-        
-        
+
         try {
+            endpoint.reset();
+            endpoint.expectedMessageCount(1);
+
             template.sendBody("direct:start2", message);
-            fail("Expect an exception here");
+
+            assertMockEndpointsSatisfied();
+
+            list = endpoint.getReceivedExchanges();
+            exchange = list.get(0);
+            xml = exchange.getIn().getBody(String.class);
+            assertTrue("Get a wrong transformed message", xml.indexOf("<transformed subject=\"\">") > 0);
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             // expect an exception here
             assertTrue("Get a wrong exception", ex instanceof CamelExecutionException);
             // the file could not be found
             assertTrue("Get a wrong exception cause", ex.getCause() instanceof TransformerException);
         }
-        
     }