CVE-2020-26705: XML External Entity vulnerability in Easy-XML

November 1, 2021 (updated November 18, 2024)

The parseXML function in Easy-XML 0.5.0 was discovered to have a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability which allows for an attacker to expose sensitive data or perform a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted external entity entered into the XML content as input.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-v899-28g4-qmh8
github.com/darkfoxprime/python-easy_xml
github.com/darkfoxprime/python-easy_xml/issues/1
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/easy-xml/PYSEC-2021-388.yaml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26705

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