XML parsing vulnerable to XXE for XPath

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Metadata

ID: java-security/xml-parsing-xxe-xpath

Language: Java

Severity: Warning

Category: Security

CWE: 611

Description

Your code may be vulnerable XML if you process XML from an untrusted source.

Make sure to enable secure processing when you process XML data by setting XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING to true.

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Non-Compliant Code Examples

class MyClass {

    public void test() {
        DocumentBuilderFactory df = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
        DocumentBuilder builder = df.newDocumentBuilder();

        DocumentBuilder db2 = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
    }
    
}

Compliant Code Examples

class MyClass {

    public void test() {
        DocumentBuilderFactory df = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
        df.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
        DocumentBuilder builder = df.newDocumentBuilder();
    }
    
}