CVE-2021-3878: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Stanford CoreNLP

CVE-2021-3878 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2022-05-24

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Stanford CoreNLP

Technologies: edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-corenlp (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2021-3878 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2021-3878 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2021-3878?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 24 May 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-corenlp (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.3.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2021-3878?
Yes. edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-corenlp (Maven): upgrade to 4.3.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2021-3878?
Check whether you run edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-corenlp (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-corenlp (Maven): upgrade to 4.3.1 or later
    # set edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-corenlp to 4.3.1 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-corenlp (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.3.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2021-3878
  • GHSA-5h9g-8xcv-qjq9

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