JVN#91502163: Direct Web Remoting (DWR) vulnerable to XML external entity injection

Direct Web Remoting (DWR) is a Java framework for developing Ajax into web applications. DWR contains an XML external entity injection vulnerability (CWE-611).

Impact

When an application uses a function to convert DOM data (DOMConverter, JDOMConverter, DOM4JConverter or XOMConverter) and a specially crafted request is processed, arbitrary files may be read.

Solution

Update the Software
Update to the latest version of DWR according to the information provided by the developer and rebuild your application.

Products Affected

• DWR Version 2.0.10 and earlier
• DWR Version 3.0.RC2 and earlier