CVE-2018-1000840

MEDIUM

Processing Foundation Processing <3.4 - XXE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Processing Foundation Processing version 3.4 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in loadXML() function that can result in An attacker can read arbitrary files and exfiltrate their contents via HTTP requests. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must use Processing to parse a crafted XML document.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5706
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://twitter.com/ben_fry/status/1054333613465059329

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0218
EPSS Percentile 80.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-611
Status published
Products (1)
processing/processing < 3.4
Published Dec 20, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026