CVE-2021-39239
7.5 HIGHA vulnerability in XML processing in Apache Jena, in versions up to 4.1.0, may allow an attacker to execute XML External Entities (XXE), ...
Published: 2021-09-16 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-611
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | jena |
Description
A vulnerability in XML processing in Apache Jena, in versions up to 4.1.0, may allow an attacker to execute XML External Entities (XXE), including exposing the contents of local files to a remote server.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39239
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0f03ae7e102c3e8587fdd36531fc167309335738156dfbd7d9c1bf45%40%3Cdev.jena.apache.org%3E
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rce5241b228a1f0e5880f6b2bfdb7ae9ee420e94cb692738a0bbfed9d%40%3Cdev.jena.apache.org%3E
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf44d529c54ef1d0097e813f576a0823a727e1669a9f610d3221d493d%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- [Vendor advisory]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf44d529c54ef1d0097e813f576a0823a727e1669a9f610d3221d493d%40%3Cusers.jena.apache.org%3E
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0f03ae7e102c3e8587fdd36531fc167309335738156dfbd7d9c1bf45%40%3Cdev.jena.apache.org%3E
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rce5241b228a1f0e5880f6b2bfdb7ae9ee420e94cb692738a0bbfed9d%40%3Cdev.jena.apache.org%3E
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf44d529c54ef1d0097e813f576a0823a727e1669a9f610d3221d493d%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- [Vendor advisory]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf44d529c54ef1d0097e813f576a0823a727e1669a9f610d3221d493d%40%3Cusers.jena.apache.org%3E
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