What is CVE-2018-20318?

CVE-2018-20318 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wxjava Project, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-20318?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-20318 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XXE in Wxjava Project

CVE-2018-20318

An issue was discovered in weixin-java-tools v3.2.0. There is an XXE vulnerability in the getXmlDoc method of the BaseWxPayResult.java file.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.017 (74.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Wxjava_project Wxjava — versions 3.2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

superfish9/pt

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20318?: CVE-2018-20318 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wxjava Project, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-20318?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-20318 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.