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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.3 High

CVE-2021-23792

XML External Entity (XXE) Injection

Description

The package com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-metadata before 3.7.1 are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection due to an insecurely initialized XML parser for reading XMP Metadata. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability if they are able to supply a file (e.g. when an online profile picture is processed) with a malicious XMP segment. If the XMP metadata of the uploaded image is parsed, then the XXE vulnerability is triggered.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

n/a com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-metadata

  • unspecified to < 3.7.1affected

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