CVE-2021-23901

CVE-2021-23901: An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability exists in the Nutch DmozParser

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Nutch
Weakness CWE-611 · XXE
Published January 25, 2021
Last update February 13, 2025

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the Nutch DmozParser and is known to affect Nutch versions < 1.18. XML external entity injection (also known as XXE) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with an application's processing of XML data. It often allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem, and to interact with any back-end or external systems that the application itself can access. This issue is fixed in Apache Nutch 1.18.

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02Disclosure timeline

January 25, 2021 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated