#VU19595 XML External Entity injection in Quartz Scheduler - CVE-2019-13990 

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#VU19595 XML External Entity injection in Quartz Scheduler - CVE-2019-13990

Published: August 1, 2019 / Updated: November 19, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19595
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13990
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Quartz Scheduler
Software vendor:
Terracotta

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct an XML External Entity (XXE) attack on a targeted system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input in the "initDocumentParser" function in the "xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java" file. A remote authenticated attacker can submit a malicious job description to the targeted system and conduct an XXE attack.



Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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