CVE-2016-6798 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2016-6798 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 19/07/2017 | CVE Updated: 16/09/2024 | CVE Year: 2016
Source: apache | Vendor: Apache Software Foundation | Product: Apache Sling
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2016-6798 Description

In the XSS Protection API module before 1.0.12 in Apache Sling, the method XSS.getValidXML() uses an insecure SAX parser to validate the input string, which allows for XXE attacks in all scripts which use this method to validate user input, potentially allowing an attacker to read sensitive data on the filesystem, perform same-site-request-forgery (SSRF), port-scanning behind the firewall or DoS the application.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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Source: Apache Software Foundation

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).