Accusoft PrizmDoc HTML5 Document Viewer before 13.5 contains an XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability, allowing an attacker to read arbit…

published 2018-12-10 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-7665

cvss: 9.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.6%; EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits: 0; none known

Accusoft PrizmDoc HTML5 Document Viewer before 13.5 contains an XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability, allowing an attacker to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption).

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

accusoft prizmdoc 13.5

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Exploit prediction

1.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.4	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

help.accusoft.com /PrizmDoc/v13.5/HTML/webframe.html#Release_v13_5.html
release-notes, vendor-advisory
medium.com /%40mrnikhilsri/oob-xxe-in-prizmdoc-cve-2018-15805-dfb1e474345c

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-15805
NVD CVE-2018-15805

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