CVE-2021-22140
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CVE-2021-22140 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Elastic App Search versions after 7.11.0 and before 7.12.0 contain an XML External Entity Injection issue (XXE) in the App Search web crawler beta feature. Using this vector, an attacker whose website is being crawled by App Search could craft a malicious sitemap.xml to traverse the filesystem of the host running the instance and obtain sensitive files.. EPSS estimates a 1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Elastic App Search versions after 7.11.0 and before 7.12.0 contain an XML External Entity Injection issue (XXE) in the App Search web crawler beta feature. Using this vector, an attacker whose website is being crawled by App Search could craft a malicious sitemap.xml to traverse the filesystem of the host running the instance and obtain sensitive files.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elastic App Search | >= 7.11.0, < 7.12.0 |
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/7-12-1-security-update/271433Vendor Advisory
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/7-12-1-security-update/271433Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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