In short
- CVE-2019-7722 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability affecting net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-core, pmd (pmd project).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 69.2% of all vulnerabilities.
- Fix: update to 6.0.0 or later.
Description
PMD 5.8.1 and earlier processes XML external entities in ruleset files it parses as part of the analysis process, allowing attackers tampering it (either by direct modification or MITM attacks when using remote rulesets) to perform information disclosure, denial of service, or request forgery attacks. (PMD 6.x is unaffected because of a 2017-09-15 change.)
NVD description
PMD 5.8.1 and earlier processes XML external entities in ruleset files it parses as part of the analysis process, allowing attackers tampering it (either by direct modification or MITM attacks when using remote rulesets) to perform information disclosure, denial of service, or request forgery attacks. (PMD 6.x is unaffected because of a 2017-09-15 change.)
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