CVE-2020-14478

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A local, authenticated attacker could use an XML External Entity (XXE) attack to exploit weakly configured XML files to access local or remote content. A successful exploit could potentially cause a denial-of-service condition and allow the attacker to arbitrarily read any local file via system-level services.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-611

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 24, 2022
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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