CVE-2021-3878 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

corenlp is vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: 2021-10-15

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

stanfordnlp

stanfordnlp/corenlp

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	≤ 4.3.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:stanford:corenlp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-2592	corenlp is vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Github GHSA	GHSA-5h9g-8xcv-qjq9	Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Stanford CoreNLP

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00313.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/stanfordnlp/corenlp/commit/e5bbe135a02a74b952396751ed3015e8b8252e99
https://huntr.dev/bounties/a11c889b-ccff-4fea-9e29-963a23a63dd2

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Stanford Corenlp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

Published: 2021-10-15T13:40:21.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:09:09.613Z

Reserved: 2021-10-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3878

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-10-15T14:15:07.857

Modified: 2025-09-08T16:35:58.990

Link: CVE-2021-3878

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-611

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