CVE-2020-25750 DotPlant2 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

High 7.5 Published Updated

An XXE vulnerability in DotPlant2 allows attackers to read sensitive files or cause denial of service via unsanitized XML input.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-25750?

CVE-2020-25750 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in DotPlant2 before 2020-09-14. In class Pay2PayPayment in payment/Pay2PayPayment.php, there is an XXE vulnerability in the checkResult function. The user input ($_POST['xml']) is used for simplexml_load_string without sanitization. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Weakness: CWE-611

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25750?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including devgroup/dotplant. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
devgroup/dotplant PackagistAll versions2020-09-14
devgroup/dotplant PackagistAll versions2020-09-14

Products include Dotplant Dotplant2.

How do I fix CVE-2020-25750?

Upgrade devgroup/dotplant to 2020-09-14 or later.

Is CVE-2020-25750 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25750 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c49v-35ff-q9f7.

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