CVE-2018-1309

CRITICAL

Apache NiFi < 1.6.0 - XML External Entity Injection in SplitXML Processor

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Apache NiFi External XML Entity issue in SplitXML processor. Malicious XML content could cause information disclosure or remote code execution. The fix to disable external general entity parsing and disallow doctype declarations was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.6.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2018-1309

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0367
EPSS Percentile 88.1%
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)
apache/nifi < 1.6.0
org.apache.nifi/nifi-standard-processors 0.1.0 - 1.6.0Maven
Published May 23, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026