CVE-2017-18197

CRITICAL

mxGraph < 3.7.6 - XML External Entity Injection via SAXParserFactory

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In mxGraphViewImageReader.java in mxGraph before 3.7.6, the SAXParserFactory instance in convert() is missing flags to prevent XML External Entity (XXE) attacks, as demonstrated by /ServerView.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/jgraph/mxgraph/issues/124
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00002.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0300
EPSS Percentile 85.6%
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 (2)
jgraph/mxgraph < 3.7.5
npm/mxgraph 0 - 3.7.6npm
Published Feb 24, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026