CVE-2019-9843 — In DiffPlug Spotless before 1
In DiffPlug Spotless before 1.20.0 (library and Maven plugin) and before 3.20.0 (Gradle plugin), the XML parser would resolve external entities over both HTTP and HTTPS and didn't respect the resolveExternalEntities setting. For example, this allows disclosure of file conten
Published
2019-03-15T23:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T22:01:55.188Z
01What is this vulnerability?
In DiffPlug Spotless before 1.20.0 (library and Maven plugin) and before 3.20.0 (Gradle plugin), the XML parser would resolve external entities over both HTTP and HTTPS and didn't respect the resolveExternalEntities setting. For example, this allows disclosure of file contents to a MITM attacker if a victim performs a spotlessApply operation on an untrusted XML file.
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: 2019-03-15T23:00:00.000Z
- Last modified: 2024-08-04T22:01:55.188Z
09References
- github.com — https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/blob/master/plugin-maven/CHANGES.md#version…
- github.com — https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/issues/358
- github.com — https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/blob/master/plugin-gradle/CHANGES.md#versio…
- github.com — https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/369
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7406e297228c42deeecdd12a576e39d63073faebf1…
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