High
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-6280
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 00:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
XML External Entity Reference on 52North WPS
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 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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