CVE-2016-9487

EpubCheck 4.0.1 is vulnerable to external XML entity processing attacks

Published Jul 13, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
EpubCheck 4.0.1 does not properly restrict resolving external entities when parsing XML in EPUB files during validation. An attacker who supplies a specially crafted EPUB file may be able to exploit this behavior to read arbitrary files, or have the victim execute arbitrary requests on his behalf, abusing the victim's trust relationship with other entities.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

EpubCheck has released version 4.0.2 to address the vulnerability.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10293 EpubCheck 4.0.1 does not properly restrict resolving external entities when parsing XML in EPUB files during validation. An attacker who supplies a specially crafted EPUB file may be able to exploit this behavior to read arbitrary files, or have the victim execute arbitrary requests on his behalf, abusing the victim's trust relationship with other entities.
History

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
certcc
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:50 AM
Reserved
Nov 21, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 13, 2018, 8:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:56 AM