CVE-2021-23901

CRITICAL

Apache Nutch < 1.18 - XML External Entity Injection in DmozParser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the Nutch DmozParser and is known to affect Nutch versions < 1.18. XML external entity injection (also known as XXE) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with an application's processing of XML data. It often allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem, and to interact with any back-end or external systems that the application itself can access. This issue is fixed in Apache Nutch 1.18.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0107
EPSS Percentile 77.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-611
Status published
Products (3)
apache/nutch < 1.18
netapp/snap_creator_framework
org.apache.nutch/nutch 0 - 1.18Maven
Published Jan 25, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026