# CVE-2017-10889: XML external entity in TablePress

> An attacker can exploit XML External Entity vulnerabilities in TablePress to read sensitive data or cause denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Nov 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wfj4-9275-fh6p

## What is CVE-2017-10889?

CVE-2017-10889 is a medium-severity vulnerability in tablepress.org TablePress, published on 17 Nov 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

TablePress prior to version 1.8.1 allows an attacker to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-611 (Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10889?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tablepress Tablepress.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-10889?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-10889 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-10889 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10889 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in tablepress.org TablePress

- [CVE-2019-20180](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20180/): Other in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2025-5096](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5096/): TablePress <= 3.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Parameters (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2025-2685](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2685/): TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy <= 3.0.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-9595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9595/): TablePress <= 2.4.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-4354](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4354/): TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy <= 2.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery via DNS Rebind (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-10889 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-10889 is a medium-severity vulnerability in tablepress.org TablePress, published on 17 Nov 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10889 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: tablepress.org TablePress. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10889/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10889/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10889
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10889
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-10889

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10889/
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