CVSS 3.0
7.5 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2019-9843
In DiffPlug Spotless before 1.20.0 (library and Maven plugin) and before 3.20.0 (Gradle plugin), the XML parser would resolve external entities over both HTTP and HTTPS and didn't respect the resolveExternalEntities setting. For example, this allows disclosure of file contents to a MITM attacker if a victim performs a spotlessApply operation on an untrusted XML file.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-611
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- diffplug:gradle
- diffplug:maven
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-7v35-qwwj-p98g | Maven | com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle | <3.20.0 | 3.20.0 |
| GHSA-7v35-qwwj-p98g | Maven | com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin | <1.20.0 | 1.20.0 |
References
- https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/blob/master/plugin-gradle/CHANGES.md#version-3200---march-11th-2018-javadoc-jcenter
- https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/blob/master/plugin-maven/CHANGES.md#version-1200---march-14th-2018-javadoc-jcenter
- https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/issues/358
- https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/369
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7406e297228c42deeecdd12a576e39d63073faebf14b027b7608fdfd%40%3Cissues.iceberg.apache.org%3E