Improper restriction of XML external entity references (XXE) in Electronic Deliverables Creation Support Tool provided by Ministry of Defense

Overview Electronic Deliverables Creation Support Tool provided by Ministry of Defense improperly restricts XML external entity references XXE CWE-611. Toyama Taku of NEC Corporation reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early...

Tomcat/JBossWeb: XXE vulnerability via user supplied XSLTs

It was found that the org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet implementation in JBoss Web / Apache Tomcat allowed the definition of XML External Entities XXEs in provided XSLTs. A malicious application could use this to circumvent intended security restrictions to disclose sensitive informati...