CVE-2019-17637 (GCVE-0-2019-17637)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-15 14:55 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:47
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Summary
In all versions of Eclipse Web Tools Platform through release 3.18 (2020-06), XML and DTD files referring to external entities could be exploited to send the contents of local files to a remote server when edited or validated, even when external entity resolution is disabled in the user preferences.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)
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