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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10683

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10683 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13dom4j0, 0, 0
Debian:12dom4j0, 0, 0
Debian:14dom4j0, 0, 0
Debian:11dom4j0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • May 1, 2020 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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