Advisories

Geonetwork 4.2.0 - XML External Entity (XXE)

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severity
high
date
Affecting
  • GeoNetwork <= 4.2.0

CWE
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CVSS
8.7
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Amel BOUZIANE-LEBLOND
Description
Geonetwork 3.10 through 4.2.0 contains an XML external entity vulnerability in PDF rendering that allows attackers to retrieve arbitrary files from the server. Attackers can exploit the insecure XML parser by crafting a malicious XML document with external entity references to read system files through the baseURL parameter in PDF creation requests.