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high 7.5

CVE-2018-1000632 json

Dom4j contains a XML Injection vulnerability

published 2018-08-20 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-6pcc-3rfx-4gpm , EUVD-2018-0521

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.6%
EPSS 6.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1 or later.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.dom4j:dom4j 2.0.3, 2.1.1
  • dom4j_project dom4j 2.0.3, 2.1.1
  • dom4j Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000632

  • dom4j Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000632

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • tfm satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 5.0-7.el7sat
  • kobo satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 0.5.1-1.el7sat
  • pulp satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 2.19.1.1-1.el7sat
  • gofer satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 2.12.5-5.el7sat
  • future satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 0.16.0-11.el7sat
  • ostree satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 2017.1-2.atomic.el7
  • foreman satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 1.22.0.32-1.el7sat
  • katello satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 3.12.0-2.el7sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:3172RHSA-2019:1161RHSA-2019:1160RHSA-2019:1159RHSA-2019:0365RHSA-2019:0364

  • dom4j SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.6.1-8.3.8.1
  • dom4j Manager Server 3.2, Manager Server 3.0 1.6.1-27.4.1
  • dom4j Manager Server 3.1 1.6.1-3.3.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:3424-1SUSE-SU-2018:2861-1SUSE-SU-2018:2863-1

  • dom4j openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.6.1-33.6
  • dom4j Package Hub 15 1.6.1-bp150.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10724-1openSUSE-SU-2018:4045-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1000632 updated cvss 5.3

dom4j: XML Injection in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute which can impact the integrity of XML documents

  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 dom4j
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 dom4j, dom4j-demo, dom4j-manual, dom4j-javadoc
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 dom4j Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 dom4j
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 dom4j Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 dom4j Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3 dom4j
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 dom4j Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 dom4j Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 dom4j Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 dom4j
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Satellite 5 dom4j Red Hat Software Collections rh-maven35-dom4j, rh-java-common-dom4j, rh-maven35-dom4j-javadoc, rh-java-common-dom4j-demo, rh-java-common-dom4j-manual, rh-java-common-dom4j-javadoc Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager dom4j
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.7.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3192
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1162
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  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5 Server dom4j-eap6 1.6.1-22.redhat_9.1.ep6.el5, hornetq 2.3.25-28.SP29_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, apache-cxf 2.7.18-8.SP7_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jbossweb 7.5.30-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, resteasy 2.3.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jboss-hal 2.5.19-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, +75 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1159
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 Server dom4j-eap6 1.6.1-22.redhat_9.1.ep6.el6, hornetq 2.3.25-28.SP29_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, apache-cxf 2.7.18-8.SP7_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jbossweb 7.5.30-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, resteasy 2.3.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jboss-hal 2.5.19-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, +75 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1160
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 Server dom4j-eap6 1.6.1-22.redhat_9.1.ep6.el7, hornetq 2.3.25-28.SP29_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, apache-cxf 2.7.18-8.SP7_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jbossweb 7.5.30-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, resteasy 2.3.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jboss-hal 2.5.19-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, +75 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1161
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.1-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el6, eap7-apache-cxf 3.1.16-2.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jandex 2.0.5-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-apache-cxf-rt 3.1.16-2.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6, eap7-wildfly 7.1.6-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jberet 1.2.7-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el6, +70 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0364
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.1-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, eap7-apache-cxf 3.1.16-2.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jandex 2.0.5-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-apache-cxf-rt 3.1.16-2.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7, eap7-wildfly 7.1.6-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jberet 1.2.7-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, +70 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0365
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.6 tfm 5.0-7.el7sat, kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, gofer 2.12.5-5.el7sat, pulp 2.19.1.1-1.el7sat, tfm-ror52 1.0-4.el7sat, future 0.16.0-11.el7sat, +448 more Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.6 tfm 5.0-7.el7sat, kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, gofer 2.12.5-5.el7sat, pulp 2.19.1.1-1.el7sat, tfm-ror52 1.0-4.el7sat, future 0.16.0-11.el7sat, +239 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3172
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.2.6 zip
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0380
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7 rhvm-appliance 4.3-20190502.0.el7 Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts rhvm-appliance 4.3-20190502.0.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHEA-2019:1119
  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7 dom4j Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 dom4j Red Hat Process Automation 7 dom4j Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 dom4j Red Hat support for Spring Boot dom4j
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

6.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • ihacktoprotect.com https://ihacktoprotect.com/post/dom4j-xml-injection/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.dom4j:dom4j
<2.0.3
>=2.1.0, <2.1.1
2.0.3
2.1.1
maven dom4j:dom4j
<=1.6.1
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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