CVE-2021-23792 HIGH

CVE-2021-23792: XML External Entity (XXE) Injection

Vendor N/A
Product com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-metadata
Published May 6, 2022
Last update September 16, 2024
View on NVD All CVEs

CVSS base score

7.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The package com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-metadata before 3.7.1 are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection due to an insecurely initialized XML parser for reading XMP Metadata. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability if they are able to supply a file (e.g. when an online profile picture is processed) with a malicious XMP segment. If the XMP metadata of the uploaded image is parsed, then the XXE vulnerability is triggered.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 6, 2022 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated