01 Record
CVE-2017-12620
When loading models or dictionaries that contain XML it is possible to perform an XXE attack, since Apache OpenNLP is a library, this only affects applications that load models or dictionaries from
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
When loading models or dictionaries that contain XML it is possible to perform an XXE attack, since Apache OpenNLP is a library, this only affects applications that load models or dictionaries from
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-10-02 14:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 19:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-08-07
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 664a26cf43b7f3bbe81146dbc17073427d5ab6bd7d7ce943dd91aff1e7c5af6b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- opennlp.apache.orghttp://opennlp.apache.org/news/cve-2017-12620.html