01 Record
CVE-2021-23901
An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability exists in the Nutch DmozParser
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability exists in the Nutch DmozParser
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
- 4.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (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:N
- 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
- 2021-01-25 09:25Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-02-13 16:27Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-12
- 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
- 5a95f1dd0ca23d013c2ebe0b1b871f64b4baac81927c29266cac8b83cdd8801b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r090321840b44cc91086c4e317bf2baffa270749dde6c1273b6567f7c%40%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E
- issues.apache.orghttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NUTCH-2841
- lists.apache.org[nutch-dev] 20210125 Re: CVE-2021-23901: An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability exists in the Nutch DmozParserhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7ddfd680aa7ea001ca8da63bb23e3f8caa095a8b4f2261e46bade5c7%40%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[announce] 20210124 CVE-2021-23901: An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability exists in the Nutch DmozParserhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5e2f7737b42c73a3325f3c2c8cdee1ec27631b3a0e144104d84d70e6%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0003/