Cyber Resilience

CVE-2016-15011

Medium

Published: 06 January 2023

Published
06 January 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0037 59.5th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2016-15011 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in E-Contract Dssp. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 40.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in e-Contract dssp up to 1.3.1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function checkSignResponse of the file dssp-client/src/main/java/be/e_contract/dssp/client/SignResponseVerifier.java. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. Upgrading to version 1.3.2 is able to…

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address this issue. The identifier of the patch is ec4238349691ec66dd30b416ec6eaab02d722302. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217549 was assigned to this vulnerability.

CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

e-contract
dssp
≤ 1.3.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

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