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medium 6.4

CVE-2010-3260 json

oxf/xml/xerces/XercesSAXParserFactoryImpl.java in the xforms-server component in the XForms service in Orbeon Forms before 3.9 does not pro…

published 15y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-3259

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

oxf/xml/xerces/XercesSAXParserFactoryImpl.java in the xforms-server component in the XForms service in Orbeon Forms before 3.9 does not properly restrict DTDs in Ajax requests, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or send HTTP requests to intranet servers via an entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an "XML injection" issue.

Patch / fix

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Exploit prediction

2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • stratsec.net http://www.stratsec.net/Research/Advisories/Orbeon-Forms-XML-Entity-Dereferencing-%28SS-2011-004 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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