Is CVE-2020-10683 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-10683 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-10683?

CVE-2020-10683 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-10683?

CVE-2020-10683 has an EPSS score of 7.27% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-10683?

Upgrade dom4j on debian 11 to 2.1.3-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-10683

CRITICALEPSS 94th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-611XML External Entity (XXE)

How to fix

Remediation Available

dom4jDebian

Fixed in:2.1.3-1CVE-2020-10683

dom4jUbuntu

Fixed in:1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1.1USN-4575-1

libdom4j-javaUbuntu

Fixed in:1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1.1USN-4575-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

7.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch8

Third-Party Advisory8

Other references4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-611 (XML External Entity (XXE)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-34102	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-9670	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-28219	Critical	9.8	97%	-	-
CVE-2024-22024	High	8.3	95%	-	-
CVE-2024-38653	High	7.5	92%	-	-
CVE-2017-12629	Critical	9.8	92%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.