CVE-2018-1000652

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2018-1000652 · Published 20/08/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-1000652 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting jabref (jabref).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 80.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
jabref jabref	`≤ 4.3.1`	No fix yet

Description

JabRef version <=4.3.1 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in MsBibImporter XML Parser that can result in disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, server side request forgery, port scanning. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted MsBib file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 89f855d.

References

0dd.zone/2018/08/08/JabRef-XXE · Third Party Advisory
JabRef/jabref · Issue Tracking

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