CWE-611 XML外部实体引用的不恰当限制（XXE）

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

结构: Simple

Abstraction: Base

状态: Draft

被利用可能性: unkown

基本描述

The software processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

扩展描述

XML documents optionally contain a Document Type Definition (DTD), which, among other features, enables the definition of XML entities. It is possible to define an entity by providing a substitution string in the form of a URI. The XML parser can access the contents of this URI and embed these contents back into the XML document for further processing.

By submitting an XML file that defines an external entity with a file:// URI, an attacker can cause the processing application to read the contents of a local file. For example, a URI such as "file:///c:/winnt/win.ini" designates (in Windows) the file C:\Winnt\win.ini, or file:///etc/passwd designates the password file in Unix-based systems. Using URIs with other schemes such as http://, the attacker can force the application to make outgoing requests to servers that the attacker cannot reach directly, which can be used to bypass firewall restrictions or hide the source of attacks such as port scanning.

Once the content of the URI is read, it is fed back into the application that is processing the XML. This application may echo back the data (e.g. in an error message), thereby exposing the file contents.

适用平台

Language: {'cwe_Name': 'XML', 'cwe_Prevalence': 'Undetermined'}

Paradigm: {'cwe_Name': 'Web Based', 'cwe_Prevalence': 'Undetermined'}

常见的影响

范围	影响	注释
Confidentiality	['Read Application Data', 'Read Files or Directories']	If the attacker is able to include a crafted DTD and a default entity resolver is enabled, the attacker may be able to access arbitrary files on the system.
Integrity	Bypass Protection Mechanism	The DTD may include arbitrary HTTP requests that the server may execute. This could lead to other attacks leveraging the server's trust relationship with other entities.
Availability	['DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)', 'DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory)']	The software could consume excessive CPU cycles or memory using a URI that points to a large file, or a device that always returns data such as /dev/random. Alternately, the URI could reference a file that contains many nested or recursive entity references to further slow down parsing.

可能的缓解方案

['Implementation', 'System Configuration']

策略:

Many XML parsers and validators can be configured to disable external entity expansion.

分析过的案例

标识	说明	链接
CVE-2005-1306	A browser control can allow remote attackers to determine the existence of files via Javascript containing XML script.	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1306
CVE-2012-5656	XXE during SVG image conversion	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5656
CVE-2012-2239	XXE in PHP application allows reading the application's configuration file.	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2239
CVE-2012-3489	XXE in database server	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3489
CVE-2012-4399	XXE in rapid web application development framework allows reading arbitrary files.	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4399
CVE-2012-3363	XXE via XML-RPC request.	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3363
CVE-2012-0037	XXE in office document product using RDF.	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0037
CVE-2011-4107	XXE in web-based administration tool for database.	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4107
CVE-2010-3322	XXE in product that performs large-scale data analysis.	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3322
CVE-2009-1699	XXE in XSL stylesheet functionality in a common library used by some web browsers.	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1699

Notes

分类映射

映射的分类名	ImNode ID	Fit	Mapped Node Name
WASC	43		XML External Entities
Software Fault Patterns	SFP24		Tainted input to command

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