dom4j — security advisory
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.
- Products
- dom4j
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.1.1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-1000632
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000632
dom4j
Fixed versions: 2.1.1-1
dom4j
Fixed versions: 2.1.1-1
dom4j
Fixed versions: 2.1.1-1
Complete source record
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