WSO2 Carbon Mediation vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks
Date: 2025-11
Affected: maven/org.wso2.carbon.mediation:org.wso2.carbon.localentry
Attack vector: dos
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Medium
CVE: CVE-2025-10713
CWE: CWE-611
CVSS: 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)

An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in multiple WSO2 products due to improper configuration of the XML parser. The application parses user-supplied XML without applying sufficient restrictions, allowing resolution of external entities. A successful attack could enable a remote, unauthenticated attacker to read sensitive files from the server's filesystem or perform denial-of-service (DoS) attacks that render affected services unavailable.


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