CVE-2018-1000069 — FreePlane version 1

FreePlane version 1.5.9 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in XML Parser in mindmap loader that can result in stealing data from victim's machine. This attack appears to require the victim to open a specially crafted mind map file. This vulnerabil

01What is this vulnerability?

FreePlane version 1.5.9 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in XML Parser in mindmap loader that can result in stealing data from victim's machine. This attack appears to require the victim to open a specially crafted mind map file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.6+.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-03-13T15:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T12:33:49.078Z

09References

• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00019.html
• www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4175
• www.youtube.com — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IXtiTNilAI
• www.freeplane.org — https://www.freeplane.org/wiki/index.php/XML_External_Entity_vulnerability_in_ma…