CVE-2016-3674

XML External Entity Injection in XStream

Description

Multiple XML external entity (XXE) vulnerabilities in the (1) Dom4JDriver, (2) DomDriver, (3) JDomDriver, (4) JDom2Driver, (5) SjsxpDriver, (6) StandardStaxDriver, and (7) WstxDriver drivers in XStream before 1.4.9 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document.

Patch Available

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Fix without upgrading

Score

7.5

Severity

High

Ecosystem

Java

Publish Date

June 30, 2020

Modified Date

May 23, 2025

Score Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Versions