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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2020-25614 json

xmlquery lacks check for whether LoadURL response is in XML format, causing denial of service

published 2020-09-16 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-93m7-c69f-5cfj , GO-2020-0048 , EUVD-2022-7060

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

xmlquery before 1.3.1 lacks a check for whether a LoadURL response is in the XML format, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV) at xmlquery.(*Node).InnerText or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/antchfx/xmlquery 1.3.1
  • xmlquery_project xmlquery 1.3.1
  • golang-github-antchfx-xmlquery Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25614

Exploit prediction

1.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/antchfx/xmlquery/issues/39 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/antchfx/xmlquery
<1.3.1
1.3.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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