9.1
CRITICAL
CVE-2021-23926
XMLBeans XML Entity Expansion Vulnerability
Description

The XML parsers used by XMLBeans up to version 2.6.0 did not set the properties needed to protect the user from malicious XML input. Vulnerabilities include possibilities for XML Entity Expansion attacks. Affects XMLBeans up to and including v2.6.0.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 14, 2021, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:31 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-23926 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Netapp snapmanager
2 Netapp oncommand_unified_manager_core_package
3 Netapp snap_creator_framework
1 Oracle peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools
2 Oracle middleware_common_libraries_and_tools
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Apache xmlbeans

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-23926 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-23926 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2dc5588009dc9f0310b7382269f932cc96cae4c3901b747dda1a7fed%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb01d10512098894cd5f22325588197532c64f1c818ea7e4120d40c1%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2dc5588009dc9f0310b7382269f932cc96cae4c3901b747dda1a7fed@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb01d10512098894cd5f22325588197532c64f1c818ea7e4120d40c1@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:middleware_common_libraries_and_tools:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:middleware_common_libraries_and_tools:12.2.1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 25, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00024.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00024.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 28, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00024.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0004/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0004/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager_core_package:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snap_creator_framework:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:oracle:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:sap:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 13, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0004/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 22, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2dc5588009dc9f0310b7382269f932cc96cae4c3901b747dda1a7fed@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2dc5588009dc9f0310b7382269f932cc96cae4c3901b747dda1a7fed@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb01d10512098894cd5f22325588197532c64f1c818ea7e4120d40c1@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb01d10512098894cd5f22325588197532c64f1c818ea7e4120d40c1@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://poi.apache.org/ Product https://poi.apache.org/ Product, Vendor Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb01d10512098894cd5f22325588197532c64f1c818ea7e4120d40c1@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2dc5588009dc9f0310b7382269f932cc96cae4c3901b747dda1a7fed@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XMLBEANS-517 No Types Assigned https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XMLBEANS-517 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://poi.apache.org/ No Types Assigned https://poi.apache.org/ Product
    Added CWE NIST CWE-776
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:xmlbeans:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.6.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-23926 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-23926 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.37 }} 0.11%

score

0.69589

percentile

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