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CVE-2017-12620

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')
Publication date:
03/10/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

When loading models or dictionaries that contain XML it is possible to perform an XXE attack, since Apache OpenNLP is a library, this only affects applications that load models or dictionaries from untrusted sources. The versions 1.5.0 to 1.5.3, 1.6.0, 1.7.0 to 1.7.2, 1.8.0 to 1.8.1 of Apache OpenNLP are affected.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
9.80
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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