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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000632

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

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000632

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Aug 2018, 19:31 UTC

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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