CVE-2021-32754 (GCVE-0-2021-32754)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-12 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:33
VLAI
Title
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in de.tud.sse
Summary
FlowDroid is a data flow analysis tool. FlowDroid versions prior to 2.9.0 contained an XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability that allowed an attacker who had control over the source/sink definition file in XML format to read files from external locations. In order for this to occur, the XML-based format for sources and sinks had to be used and the attacker had to able control the source/sink definition file. The vulnerability was patched in version 2.9.0. As a workaround, do not allow untrusted entities to control the source/sink definition file.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7664 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
secure-software-engineering FlowDroid Affected: < 2.9.0
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