CVE-2017-12620

CRITICAL

Apache OpenNLP 1.5.0-1.5.3 1.6.0 1.7.0-1.7.2 1.8.0-1.8.1 - XML External Entity Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

When loading models or dictionaries that contain XML it is possible to perform an XXE attack, since Apache OpenNLP is a library, this only affects applications that load models or dictionaries from untrusted sources. The versions 1.5.0 to 1.5.3, 1.6.0, 1.7.0 to 1.7.2, 1.8.0 to 1.8.1 of Apache OpenNLP are affected.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://opennlp.apache.org/news/cve-2017-12620.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0102
EPSS Percentile 77.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-611
Status published
Products (15)
apache/opennlp 1.5.0
apache/opennlp 1.5.1
apache/opennlp 1.5.2
apache/opennlp 1.5.3
apache/opennlp 1.6.0
apache/opennlp 1.7.0
apache/opennlp 1.7.1
apache/opennlp 1.7.2
apache/opennlp 1.8.0
apache/opennlp 1.8.1
... and 5 more
Published Oct 03, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026