CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-1700

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Sep 12, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE) vulnerability in the Policy Engine of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP), which is also leveraged by Forcepoint One Endpoint (F1E), Web Security Content Gateway, Email Security with DLP enabled, and Cloud Security Gateway prior to June 20, 2022. The XML parser in the Policy Engine was found to be improperly configured to support external entities and external DTD (Document Type Definitions), which can lead to an XXE attack. This issue affects: Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) versions prior to 8.8.2. Forcepoint One Endpoint (F1E) with Policy Engine versions prior to 8.8.2. Forcepoint Web Security Content Gateway versions prior to 8.5.5. Forcepoint Email Security with DLP enabled versions prior to 8.5.5. Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway prior to June 20, 2022.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cloud_security_gateway Forcepoint * 2022-06-20 (excluding)
Data_loss_prevention Forcepoint * 8.8.2 (excluding)
Email_security Forcepoint * 8.5.5 (excluding)
One_endpoint_with_policy_engine Forcepoint * 8.8.2 (excluding)
Web_security_content_gateway Forcepoint * 8.5.5 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References