Security Advisory WSO2-2020-0684
Published: 04th April 2020
Severity: Medium
CVSS Score: 4.0 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L)
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
WSO2 Enterprise Integrator : 6.6.0 or earlier
OVERVIEW
XXE vulnerability where a user with admin console access can use the XML validator to make unintended network invocations.
DESCRIPTION
A potential XXE has been identified in the XML validator. Due to this issue a user with admin console access can use the XML validator to make unintended network invocations via a file upload.
IMPACT
The XXE attacks can affect any trusted system respective to the machine where the parser is located. This attack may result in disclosing local files, denial of service, server-side request forgery, port scanning and other system impacts on affected systems.
SOLUTION
If you are using an affected product version, it is highly recommended to migrate to the latest released version to receive security fixes.
You may also apply the relevant fixes based on the changes from the public fix: https://github.com/wso2/carbon-commons/pull/405
Note: If you are a WSO2 customer with Support Subscription, please use WSO2 Update Manager (WUM) updates in order to apply the fix.
CREDITS
WSO2 thanks, Krzysztof Przybylski for responsibly reporting the identified issue and working with us as we addressed it.