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XML External Entity Reference on 52North WPS

Type: advisorySources: OSV

An XXE (XML External Entity) vulnerability has been detected in 52North WPS affecting versions prior to 4.0.0-beta.11. This vulnerability allows the use of external entities in its WebProcessingService servlet for an attacker to retrieve files by making HTTP requests to the internal network.

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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2023-6280
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5 Nov 2026, 00:01 UTC · Revision 1

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XML External Entity Reference on 52North WPS

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Dec 2023, 15:00 UTC

An XXE (XML External Entity) vulnerability has been detected in 52North WPS affecting versions prior to 4.0.0-beta.11. This vulnerability allows the use of external entities in its WebProcessingService servlet for an attacker to retrieve files by making HTTP requests to the internal network.

osv:CVE-2023-6280
Complete source record
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