Xxe

xmltextreader-unsafe-defaults

XmlReaderSettings found with DtdProcessing.Parse on an XmlReader handling a string argument from a public method. Enabling Document Type Definition (DTD) parsing may cause XML External Entity (XXE) injection if supplied with user-controllable data.
Likelihood: LOW
Confidence: MEDIUM
CWE:
- CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
OWASP:
- A04:2017 - XML External Entities (XXE)
- A05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration

xmldocument-unsafe-parser-override

XmlReaderSettings found with DtdProcessing.Parse on an XmlReader handling a string argument from a public method. Enabling Document Type Definition (DTD) parsing may cause XML External Entity (XXE) injection if supplied with user-controllable data.
Likelihood: LOW
Confidence: MEDIUM
CWE:
- CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
OWASP:
- A04:2017 - XML External Entities (XXE)
- A05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration

xmlreadersettings-unsafe-parser-override

XmlReaderSettings found with DtdProcessing.Parse on an XmlReader handling a string argument from a public method. Enabling Document Type Definition (DTD) parsing may cause XML External Entity (XXE) injection if supplied with user-controllable data.
Likelihood: LOW
Confidence: MEDIUM
CWE:
- CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
OWASP:
- A04:2017 - XML External Entities (XXE)
- A05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration

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