CVE-2021-40690Not scoredCWE-200

CVE-2021-40690: Bypass of the secureValidation property

Apache Software Foundation · Apache Santuario

Vendor fix available · Affected: Apache Software Foundation Apache Santuario · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

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7.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

94th percentile

050100

Higher than 94% of scored CVEs

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DescriptionCVE.org

All versions of Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java prior to 2.2.3 and 2.1.7 are vulnerable to an issue where the "secureValidation" property is not passed correctly when creating a KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element. This allows an attacker to abuse an XPath Transform to extract any local .xml files in a RetrievalMethod element.

Affected products1

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Apache Software Foundation · Apache Santuariofrom XML Security for Java before 2.2.3,2.1.7

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Exploitation: Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Information Exposure · Information Disclosure
Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
Published: September 2021
Band: Possible (1 to 10%), September 2021

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