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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-1000090

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.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:58 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-1000090

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Mar 2018, 15:29 UTC

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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