Easy ParseApplication · Easy Parse Project
CVE-2020-26710
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 · uneditedeasy-parse v0.1.1 was discovered to contain a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XML file.
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 · moderate confidenceThe easy-parse library version 0.1.1 is vulnerable to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) when parsing XML input. The parser processes external entities defined in crafted XML files, allowing attackers to read local files or execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
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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
Easy ParseApplication
= 0.1.1CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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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Locate easy-parse in project dependenciesSearch for 'easy-parse' in your package manager lockfiles (package-lock.json, Gemfile.lock, requirements.txt, Cargo.lock, pom.xml, go.sum) or dependency configuration filesAffected if easy-parse version 0.1.1 is present in dependencies
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Verify installed versionRun your package manager's version query command (npm list easy-parse, pip show easy-parse, gem list easy-parse, cargo tree -p easy-parse) and confirm the exact version is 0.1.1Affected if Installed version is exactly 0.1.1
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Identify XML parsing usageSearch codebase for imports or requires of the easy-parse library combined with XML parsing calls (look for 'easy_parse', 'parse', 'xml' in the same files, or grep for the library name near XML-related function calls)Affected if Codebase uses easy-parse to process XML input
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Check XML parser configurationExamine the XML parser initialization in the code that uses easy-parse. Look for parser settings that control DTD processing, external entity resolution, or feature flags related to external entity accessAffected if Parser configuration allows external entities or DTD processing (features like 'external-general-entities', 'external-parameter-entities', or 'prohibit-dtd' are not disabled)
You are affected if easy-parse version 0.1.1 is installed AND your application uses it to parse XML with external entity processing enabled in the parser configuration.
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 dataDisable external entity processing in the XML parser configuration by setting appropriate flags (such as disabling DTD processing or using a secure parser configuration) and validate/sanitize all XML input before parsing.
Fix this in Easy Parse
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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