High
Security advisory
textpattern version version 4.6.2 contains a XML Injection vulnerability in Import XML feature that can result in Denial of service in context to the web server by exhausting server memory resources. This attack appear to be exploitable via Uploading a specially crafted XML file.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-1000090
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
textpattern version version 4.6.2 contains a XML Injection vulnerability in Import XML feature that can result in Denial of service in context to the web server by exhausting server memory resources. This attack appear to be exploitable via Uploading a specially crafted XML file.
osv:CVE-2018-1000090
Complete source record
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