CVE-2021-38555

Summary

CVECVE-2021-38555
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-11 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-23 15:49:00 UTC
DescriptionAn XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the Any23 StreamUtils.java file and is known to affect Any23 versions < 2.5. 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Any23 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pony Mail! CONFIRM lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: The Apache Any23 Project Management Committee would like to thank Zhuxuan Wu for reporting the security vulnerability.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980671 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.any23:apache-any23 (GHSA-838r-hvwh-24h8)

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