{"cve":"CVE-2024-46984","nvd":{"published":"2024-09-19T23:15:12.107","modified":"2026-06-17T07:56:18.917","status":"Analyzed","description":"The reference validator is a tool to perform advanced validation of FHIR resources for TI applications and interoperability standards. The profile location routine in the referencevalidator commons package is vulnerable to `XML External Entities` attack due to insecure defaults of the used Woodstox WstxInputFactory. A malicious XML resource can lead to network requests issued by referencevalidator and thus to a `Server Side Request Forgery` attack. The vulnerability impacts applications which use referencevalidator to process XML resources from untrusted sources. The problem has been patched with the 2.5.1 version of the referencevalidator. Users are strongly recommended to update to this version or a more recent one. A pre-processing or manual analysis of input XML resources on existence of DTD definitions or external entities can mitigate the problem.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-611"],"references":["https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#transformerfactory","https://github.com/gematik/app-referencevalidator/releases/tag/2.5.1","https://github.com/gematik/app-referencevalidator/security/advisories/GHSA-68j8-fp38-p48q","https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Server_Side_Request_Forgery","https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A4_2017-XML_External_Entities_(XXE)"],"products":["gematik:reference_validator"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:38.012257375+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-46984","score":0.00637,"percentile":0.50559,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-68j8-fp38-p48q","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-68j8-fp38-p48q","summary":"Gematik Referenzvalidator has an XXE vulnerability that can lead to a Server Side Request Forgery attack","modified":"2024-09-20T15:01:12.039700Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"de.gematik.refv.commons:commons","purl":"pkg:maven/de.gematik.refv.commons/commons","ranges":["<2.5.1"],"fixed":["2.5.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}