CVE-2021-23901CWE-611

CVE-2021-23901: vulnerability in Apache Nutch

An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability exists in the Nutch DmozParser

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3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 4.4%
An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the Nutch DmozParser and is known to affect Nutch versions < 1.18. XML external entity injection (also known as XXE) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with an application's processing of XML data. It often allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem, and to interact with any back-end or external systems that the application itself can access. This issue is fixed in Apache Nutch 1.18.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Nutch
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