CVE-2016-9487 EpubCheck 4.0.1 is vulnerable to external XML entity processing attacks

2018-07-1320:00:00

CWE-611

certcc

www.cve.org

7.6 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

31.3%

JSON

EpubCheck 4.0.1 does not properly restrict resolving external entities when parsing XML in EPUB files during validation. An attacker who supplies a specially crafted EPUB file may be able to exploit this behavior to read arbitrary files, or have the victim execute arbitrary requests on his behalf, abusing the victim’s trust relationship with other entities.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "EpubCheck",
    "vendor": "EpubCheck",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "4.0.1"
      }
    ]
  }
]