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Vulnerability details: VCID-b6jd-akz5-zbds
Vulnerability ID VCID-b6jd-akz5-zbds
Aliases CVE-2020-10683
GHSA-hwj3-m3p6-hj38
Summary dom4j allows External Entities by default which might enable XXE attacks dom4j before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j. Note: This advisory applies to `dom4j:dom4j` version 1.x legacy artifacts. To resolve this a change to the latest version of `org.dom4j:dom4j` is recommended.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 9.8 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.html
generic_textual CRITICAL http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.html
cvssv3 7.4 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-10683.json
epss 0.0696 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10683
epss 0.0696 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10683
epss 0.0696 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10683
epss 0.0696 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10683
epss 0.0696 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10683
epss 0.0696 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10683
epss 0.0696 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10683
epss 0.0696 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10683
epss 0.0696 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10683
epss 0.0696 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10683
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235
generic_textual CRITICAL https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hwj3-m3p6-hj38
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/1707bf3d898a8ada3b213acb0e3b38f16eaae73d
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/1707bf3d898a8ada3b213acb0e3b38f16eaae73d
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/releases/tag/version-2.1.3
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/releases/tag/version-2.1.3
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51f3f9801058e47153c0ad9bc6209d57a592fc0e7aefd787760911b8@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51f3f9801058e47153c0ad9bc6209d57a592fc0e7aefd787760911b8@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91c64cd51e68e97d524395474eaa25362d564572276b9917fcbf5c32@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91c64cd51e68e97d524395474eaa25362d564572276b9917fcbf5c32@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51@%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51@%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10683
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10683
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0002
generic_textual CRITICAL https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0002
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4575-1
generic_textual CRITICAL https://usn.ubuntu.com/4575-1
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-10683.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10683
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235
https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-10683
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/1707bf3d898a8ada3b213acb0e3b38f16eaae73d
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/releases/tag/version-2.1.3
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51f3f9801058e47153c0ad9bc6209d57a592fc0e7aefd787760911b8@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91c64cd51e68e97d524395474eaa25362d564572276b9917fcbf5c32@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51@%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10683
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0002
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0002/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4575-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4575-1/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
958055 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=958055
GHSA-hwj3-m3p6-hj38 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hwj3-m3p6-hj38
RHSA-2020:3585 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3585
RHSA-2020:4960 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4960
RHSA-2020:4961 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4961
RHSA-2020:5568 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5568
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-10683.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/1707bf3d898a8ada3b213acb0e3b38f16eaae73d
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/releases/tag/version-2.1.3
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51f3f9801058e47153c0ad9bc6209d57a592fc0e7aefd787760911b8@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91c64cd51e68e97d524395474eaa25362d564572276b9917fcbf5c32@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51@%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10683
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0002
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/4575-1
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.91396
EPSS Score 0.0696
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:26.932643+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/06/GHSA-hwj3-m3p6-hj38/GHSA-hwj3-m3p6-hj38.json 38.0.0