CVE-2022-1700

Summary

CVECVE-2022-1700
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-12 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-09-15 18:05:00 UTC
DescriptionImproper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability in the Policy Engine of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP), which is also leveraged by Forcepoint One Endpoint (F1E), Web Security Content Gateway, Email Security with DLP enabled, and Cloud Security Gateway prior to June 20, 2022. The XML parser in the Policy Engine was found to be improperly configured to support external entities and external DTD (Document Type Definitions), which can lead to an XXE attack. This issue affects: Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) versions prior to 8.8.2. Forcepoint One Endpoint (F1E) with Policy Engine versions prior to 8.8.2. Forcepoint Web Security Content Gateway versions prior to 8.5.5. Forcepoint Email Security with DLP enabled versions prior to 8.5.5. Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway prior to June 20, 2022.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway All All All All
Application Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention All All All All
Application Forcepoint Email Security All All All All
Application Forcepoint One Endpoint With Policy Engine All All All All
Application Forcepoint Web Security Content Gateway All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory: XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability MISC help.forcepoint.com
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: Forcepoint would like to thank Kaushik Joshi and Keval Shah from iAppSecure Solutions Pvt Ltd. for discovering and working with us to responsibly disclose this vulnerability.

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