CVE-2021-22140
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-611
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')
Publication date:
13/05/2021
Last modified:
21/05/2021
Description
Elastic App Search versions after 7.11.0 and before 7.12.0 contain an XML External Entity Injection issue (XXE) in the App Search web crawler beta feature. Using this vector, an attacker whose website is being crawled by App Search could craft a malicious sitemap.xml to traverse the filesystem of the host running the instance and obtain sensitive files.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_app_search:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.11.0 (including) | 7.12.0 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page



