WinkApplication · Apache
CVE-2010-2245
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedXML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Apache Wink 1.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service via a crafted XML document.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceApache Wink 1.1.1 and earlier contains an XML parser that processes external entities without proper sanitization, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious XXE payloads that can read arbitrary files from the server filesystem or trigger denial of service through resource exhaustion.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
WinkApplication
<= 1.1.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Apache Wink versionLocate the Apache Wink library JAR file in your application classpath or deployment (typically in WEB-INF/lib for web applications) and determine its version number. Check the JAR filename, manifest file, or dependency configuration (Maven pom.xml, Gradle build file).Affected if The installed version is Apache Wink 1.1.1 or any version numbered lower than 1.1.1
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Confirm XML processing is in useIdentify whether your application uses Apache Wink to parse incoming XML requests, handle XML-based API payloads, or process XML configuration files through Wink's XML handlers.Affected if Apache Wink is processing or parsing XML content from external sources
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Inspect XML parser configurationReview the XML parser settings used by Apache Wink. Check if the underlying XMLReader or DocumentBuilder has DTDs and external entity resolution disabled. Look for parser configuration files or code that initializes the XML parser.Affected if The XML parser allows DTD processing or external entity resolution (feature "external-general-entities" or "external-parameter-entities" is not set to false)
A system is affected if it runs Apache Wink version 1.1.1 or earlier, uses XML parsing through Wink, and the XML parser has not explicitly disabled DTDs and external entity resolution.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to a patched version of Apache Wink that disables external entity processing, or configure the XML parser to disable DTDs and external entity resolution.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2010-2245 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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