CVE-2017-12621
CRITICALApache Commons Jelly < 1.0.1 - XML External Entity Injection via Custom Doctype Entity
Title source: llmDescription
During Jelly (xml) file parsing with Apache Xerces, if a custom doctype entity is declared with a "SYSTEM" entity with a URL and that entity is used in the body of the Jelly file, during parser instantiation the parser will attempt to connect to said URL. This could lead to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks in Apache Commons Jelly before 1.0.1.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JELLY-293
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f1fc3f2c45264af44ce782d54b5908ac95f02bf7ad88bb57bfb04b73%40%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101052
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039444
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0075
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-611
Status
published
Products (3)
apache/commons_jelly
< 1.0.1
Apache Software Foundation/Apache Commons Jelly
1.0
commons-jelly/commons-jelly
0 - 1.0.1Maven
Published
Sep 28, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026