SilverStripe framework XML Quadratic Blowup Attack
Date: 2024-05
Affected: composer/silverstripe/framework
Attack vector: dos
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Medium
CWE: CWE-400
CWE-776
CVSS: 5.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

A low level vulnerability has been found in the SilverStripe framework, where the Quadratic Blowup Attack could potentially be exploited to affect the performance of a site. See http://mashable.com/2014/08/06/wordpress-xml-blowup-dos/ for a writeup.


Mitigations:

Architectural layers (MAESTRO):