CVE-2018-1000840

Processing Foundation Processing version 3.4 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in loadXML() function that can result in An attacker can read arbitrary files and exfiltrate their contents via HTTP requests. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must use Processing to parse a crafted XML document.

CVSS v3.0

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 81th percentile

Published

2018-12-20

Updated

2024-09-16

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• processing/processing/issues/5706

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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