An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the Nutch DmozParser and is known to affect Nutch versions < 1.18. XML external entity injection (also known as XXE) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with an application's processing of XML data. It often allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem, and to interact with any back-end or external systems that the application itself can access. This issue is fixed in Apache Nutch 1.18.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2021-01-25T09:25:14

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:14:09.168Z

Reserved: 2021-01-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-23901

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-25T10:16:33.470

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:52:01.927

Link: CVE-2021-23901

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