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GHSA-WG99-5VRX-J2GG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-05 12:30 – Updated: 2023-01-11 23:01

Summary

bonita-connector-webservice XML External Entity vulnerability

Details

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in bonitasoft bonita-connector-webservice up to 1.3.0. This affects the function TransformerConfigurationException of the file src/main/java/org/bonitasoft/connectors/ws/SecureWSConnector.java. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. Upgrading to version 1.3.1 can address this issue. The name of the patch is a12ad691c05af19e9061d7949b6b828ce48815d5. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217443.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

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CVE-2020-36640 (GCVE-0-2020-36640)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-05 09:09 – Updated: 2025-04-10 14:17

Title

bonitasoft bonita-connector-webservice SecureWSConnector.java TransformerConfigurationException xml external entity reference

Summary

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in bonitasoft bonita-connector-webservice up to 1.3.0. This affects the function TransformerConfigurationException of the file src/main/java/org/bonitasoft/connectors/ws/SecureWSConnector.java. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. Upgrading to version 1.3.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is named a12ad691c05af19e9061d7949b6b828ce48815d5. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217443.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-10 14:17 UTC

CWE

CWE-611 - XML External Entity Reference

Assigner

VulDB mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://vuldb.com/?id.217443	vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217443	signaturepermissions-required
https://github.com/bonitasoft/bonita-connector-we…	issue-tracking
https://github.com/bonitasoft/bonita-connector-we…	patch
https://github.com/bonitasoft/bonita-connector-we…	patch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
bonitasoft	bonita-connector-webservice	Affected: 1.0 Affected: 1.1 Affected: 1.2 Affected: 1.3

Credits

VulDB GitHub Commit Analyzer

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