CVE catalog
CVE-2020-10683
dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 7.27% · Oct 25, 2026
dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dom4j | sid | 2.1.4-1 | fixed |
| Debian | dom4j | forky | 2.1.4-1 | fixed |
| Debian | dom4j | trixie | 2.1.4-1 | fixed |
| Debian | dom4j | bookworm | 2.1.3-2 | fixed |
| Cpe | dom4j | Not reported | 2.0.3 | fixed |
| Cpe | dom4j | Not reported | 2.1.3 | fixed |
| Cpe | agile_product_lifecycle_management | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | agile_product_lifecycle_management | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | application_testing_suite | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | banking_platform | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | business_process_management_suite | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | business_process_management_suite | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | communications_application_session_controller | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | communications_diameter_signaling_router | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | communications_unified_inventory_management | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | communications_unified_inventory_management | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | data_integrator | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | data_integrator | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | documaker | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | endeca_information_discovery_integrator | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_data_quality | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_data_quality | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_manager_base_platform | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Ubuntu | dom4j | 16.04 | 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dom4j | 16.04 | 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
| Suse | dom4j | manager server 3.2 | 1.6.1-27.7.2 | fixed |
| Opensuse | dom4j | leap 15.1 | 1.6.1-lp151.6.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | dom4j | manager server module 4.0 | 1.6.1-4.9.4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | dom4j | 14.04 | 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dom4j | 16.04 | 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dom4j | 16.04 | 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | dom4j | 18.04 | 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dom4j | 18.04 | 2.1.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dom4j | 18.04 | 2.1.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dom4j | 20.04 | 2.1.1-2 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dom4j | source | sid | 2.1.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [958055] |
| Debian | dom4j | source | forky | 2.1.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [958055] |
| Debian | dom4j | source | trixie | 2.1.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [958055] |
| Debian | dom4j | source | bookworm | 2.1.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [958055] |
| Cpe | dom4j | cpe | Not reported | 2.0.3 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2020-10683 | Not reported |
| Cpe | dom4j | cpe | Not reported | 2.1.3 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2020-10683 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | dom4j | deb | 16.04 | 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | USN-4575-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | dom4j | rpm | manager server 3.2 | 1.6.1-27.7.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2020:1382-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | dom4j | rpm | leap 15.1 | 1.6.1-lp151.6.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0719-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | dom4j | rpm | manager server module 4.0 | 1.6.1-4.9.4 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2020:1383-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | dom4j | deb | 16.04 | 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10683 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libdom4j-java]Fixed
Source package: [dom4j]
Details (2)
2.1.3-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.1.3-1nvd · dom4j · debian · bookworm; nvd · dom4j · debian · 12
2.1.3-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.1.3-1nvd · dom4j · debian · bookworm; nvd · dom4j · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libdom4j-java]Fixed
Source package: [dom4j]
Details (2)
2.1.4-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.1.3-1nvd · dom4j · debian · 13
2.1.4-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.1.3-1nvd · dom4j · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2020_1382-1.json]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10683]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10683]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2191-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:1382-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:1383-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10683]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4575-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:0719-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10683]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2020/cve-2020-10683.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-0119.json]
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