Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-10683 · published 1 May 2020

CVE-2020-10683: Dom4j project dom4j xml external entity (xxe) vulnerability

Dom4j Project · Dom4j

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 7.3% · top 5.9% CWE-611 · XML external entity (XXE)

9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5

7.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

38Affected product versions listed by NVD

40References

25 Aug 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

38 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Ubuntu Linux Canonical

Dom4j Dom4j Project NOncommand Api Services Netapp NOncommand Workflow Automation Netapp NSnap Creator Framework Netapp NSnapcenter Netapp NSnapmanager Netapp

Leap Opensuse

Agile Product Lifecycle Management Oracle

Application Testing Suite Oracle

Banking Platform Oracle

Business Process Management Suite Oracle

Communications Application Session Controller Oracle

Communications Diameter Signaling Router Oracle

Communications Unified Inventory Management Oracle

Data Integrator Oracle

Documaker Oracle

Endeca Information Discovery Integrator Oracle

Enterprise Data Quality Oracle

Enterprise Manager Base Platform Oracle

Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure Oracle

Flexcube Core Banking Oracle

Fusion Middleware Oracle

Health Sciences Empirica Signal Oracle

Health Sciences Information Manager Oracle

Insurance Policy Administration J2ee Oracle

Insurance Rules Palette Oracle

Jdeveloper Oracle

Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Oracle

Rapid Planning Oracle

Retail Customer Management And Segmentation Foundation Oracle

Retail Integration Bus Oracle

Retail Order Broker Oracle

Retail Price Management Oracle

Retail Xstore Point Of Service Oracle

Storagetek Tape Analytics Sw Tool Oracle

Utilities Framework Oracle

Webcenter Portal Oracle

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.html	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/releases/tag/version-2.1.3	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51f3f9801058e47153c0ad9bc6209d57a592fc0e7aefd787760911b8%40%3Cdev.velocity.apache.
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91c64cd51e68e97d524395474eaa25362d564572276b9917fcbf5c32%40%3Cdev.velocity.apache.
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51%40%3Cnotifications.freema
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0002/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4575-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.html	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/releases/tag/version-2.1.3	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51f3f9801058e47153c0ad9bc6209d57a592fc0e7aefd787760911b8%40%3Cdev.velocity.apache.
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91c64cd51e68e97d524395474eaa25362d564572276b9917fcbf5c32%40%3Cdev.velocity.apache.
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51%40%3Cnotifications.freema
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0002/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4575-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html	PatchThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-10683), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.