CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-9487
EpubCheck 4.0.1 does not properly restrict resolving external entities when parsing XML in EPUB files during validation. An attacker who supplies a specially crafted EPUB file may be able to exploit this behavior to read arbitrary files, or have the victim execute arbitrary requests on his behalf, abusing the victim's trust relationship with other entities.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 69% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-611
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- w3:epubcheck