CVE-2019-17637 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2019-17637

In all versions of Eclipse Web Tools Platform through release...

Vulnerability Description

In all versions of Eclipse Web Tools Platform through release 3.18 (2020-06), XML and DTD files referring to external entities could be exploited to send the contents of local files to a remote server when edited or validated, even when external entity resolution is disabled in the user preferences.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

The Eclipse Foundation

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Affected Software

Eclipse Web Tools Platform
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0 to 3.18

Timeline

Official Publish: July 15th, 2020
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)