XML External Entity attack in log4net
Critical severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Jan 29, 2021
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 30, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
May 11, 2020
Reviewed
Jan 29, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jan 29, 2021
Last updated
Jan 30, 2023
Apache log4net before 2.0.10 does not disable XML external entities when parsing log4net configuration files. This could allow for XXE-based attacks in applications that accept arbitrary configuration files from users.
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