Vulnerability Instance

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{
    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/52911?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-cjdq-8bzy-8uft",
    "summary": "Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs (XML Entity Expansion)\nThe Management Console in WSO2 API Manager allows XML External Entity injection (XXE) attacks.",
    "aliases": [
        {
            "alias": "CVE-2020-24589"
        }
    ],
    "fixed_packages": [],
    "affected_packages": [
        {
            "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/61435?format=api",
            "purl": "pkg:maven/org.wso2.am.microgw/org.wso2.micro.gateway.core@2.2.0",
            "is_vulnerable": true,
            "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-1ubv-cmf7-3ffv"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-afh6-1arv-wkbk"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-cjdq-8bzy-8uft"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-cs6r-dpvb-r7bw"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-dwym-rb1b-8fd5"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-mpxj-zk4u-mkdq"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-snaq-p5fe-qfeu"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-sp1k-1yzm-d7au"
                }
            ],
            "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.wso2.am.microgw/org.wso2.micro.gateway.core@2.2.0"
        }
    ],
    "references": [
        {
            "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-24589",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [
                {
                    "value": "0.90156",
                    "scoring_system": "epss",
                    "scoring_elements": "0.99605",
                    "published_at": "2026-06-04T12:55:00Z"
                },
                {
                    "value": "0.90156",
                    "scoring_system": "epss",
                    "scoring_elements": "0.99606",
                    "published_at": "2026-06-06T12:55:00Z"
                }
            ],
            "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-24589"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2020-0742",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2020-0742"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24589",
            "reference_id": "CVE-2020-24589",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24589"
        }
    ],
    "weaknesses": [
        {
            "cwe_id": 1035,
            "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017."
        },
        {
            "cwe_id": 776,
            "name": "Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')",
            "description": "The product uses XML documents and allows their structure to be defined with a Document Type Definition (DTD), but it does not properly control the number of recursive definitions of entities."
        },
        {
            "cwe_id": 937,
            "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013."
        }
    ],
    "exploits": [],
    "severity_range_score": null,
    "exploitability": "2.0",
    "weighted_severity": "0.8",
    "risk_score": 1.6,
    "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-cjdq-8bzy-8uft"
}