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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2017-07-19T15:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:47:49.975Z

Reserved: 2016-08-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6798

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-19T15:29:00.213

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:56:50.940

Link: CVE-2016-6798

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