Apache OpenNLP XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability

CVE-2017-12620 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

When loading models or dictionaries that contain XML it is possible to perform an XXE attack, since Apache OpenNLP is a library, this only affects applications that load models or dictionaries from untrusted sources. The versions 1.5.0 to 1.5.3, 1.6.0, 1.7.0 to 1.7.2, 1.8.0 to 1.8.1 of Apache OpenNLP are affected.

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