CVE-2021-3878
9.8 CRITICALcorenlp is vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Published: 2021-10-15 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-611
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| stanford | corenlp |
Description
corenlp is vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3878
- [Patch]https://github.com/stanfordnlp/corenlp/commit/e5bbe135a02a74b952396751ed3015e8b8252e99
- [Patch]https://huntr.dev/bounties/a11c889b-ccff-4fea-9e29-963a23a63dd2
- [Patch]https://github.com/stanfordnlp/corenlp/commit/e5bbe135a02a74b952396751ed3015e8b8252e99
- [Patch]https://huntr.dev/bounties/a11c889b-ccff-4fea-9e29-963a23a63dd2
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