XML External Entity Reference in org.picketlink:picketlink-common
Date: 2022-05
Affected: maven/org.picketlink:picketlink-common
Attack vector: rce
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: High
CVE: CVE-2014-3530
CWE: CWE-611

The org.picketlink.common.util.DocumentUtil.getDocumentBuilderFactory method in PicketLink, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBEAP) 5.2.0 and 6.2.4, expands entity references, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary code and possibly have other unspecified impact via unspecified vectors, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.


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