CVE-2019-13990 — initDocumentParser in xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor

initDocumentParser in xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java in Terracotta Quartz Scheduler through 2.3.0 allows XXE attacks via a job description.

01What is this vulnerability?

initDocumentParser in xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java in Terracotta Quartz Scheduler through 2.3.0 allows XXE attacks via a job description.

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

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

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: 2019-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-15T18:22:20.316Z

09References

• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e493e718a50f21201e05e82d42a8796b4046e83f0d2…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1870324fea41ea68cff2fd1bf6ee2747432dc1d9d22…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b6e3480b19856365fb5eef03aa0915a4679de4b019…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f74b170d3d58d7a24db1afd3908bb0ab58a3900e16e…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/172d405e556e2f1204be126bb3eb28c5115af91bcc1…
• www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
• www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
• github.com — https://github.com/quartz-scheduler/quartz/issues/467
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re9b56ac1934d7bf16afc83eac1c39c98c1b20b4b15…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3a6884e8d819f32cde8c07b98934de3e8046785988…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r21df13c8bd2c2eae4b9661aae814c4a2a814d1f787…
• www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
• www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
• www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
• www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0002/
• confluence.atlassian.com — https://confluence.atlassian.com/security/ssot-117-cve-2019-13990-xxe-xml-extern…