CVE-2020-10683

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

7.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 94.2% 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:3.1/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 2026-08-25.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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.

Published

2020-05-01 18:55Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 11:06Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-03-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

cd10c848c29c1a479392bba039a040263ec4ba3a36ad7a9e491e986a5c3a1cac

• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0719http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• cheatsheetseries.owasp.orghttps://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/releases/tag/version-2.1.3x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0002/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4575-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4575-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3x_refsource_MISC
• lists.apache.org[velocity-dev] 20201203 Use of external DTDs - CVE-2020-10683https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51f3f9801058e47153c0ad9bc6209d57a592fc0e7aefd787760911b8%40%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[velocity-dev] 20201203 Re: Use of external DTDs - CVE-2020-10683https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91c64cd51e68e97d524395474eaa25362d564572276b9917fcbf5c32%40%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.apache.org[freemarker-notifications] 20210906 [jira] [Created] (FREEMARKER-190) The jar dom4j has known security issue that Freemarker compiles dependend on ithttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51%40%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlx_refsource_MISC