# CVE-2023-45960: Withdrawn Advisory: dom4j XML Entity Expansion vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-45960-withdrawn-advisory-dom4j-xml-entity-expansion-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2023-10-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2023-45960 · Severity: info · Published 2023-10-25

Withdrawn Advisory: dom4j XML Entity Expansion vulnerability

Technologies: [org.dom4j:dom4j (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-dom4j-dom4j). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2023-45960 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2023-45960 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2023-45960?** Informational severity, published 25 October 2023.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.dom4j:dom4j (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=2.1.4.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2023-45960?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2023-45960?** Check whether you run org.dom4j:dom4j (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.

## Affected products

- org.dom4j:dom4j (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=2.1.4

## Identifiers

- CVE-2023-45960
- GHSA-fgq9-fc3q-vqmw

## Related threats

- [dom4j allows External Entities by default which might enable XXE attacks](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-10683-dom4j-allows-external-entities-by-default-which-might-enable-xxe)
- [Dom4j contains a XML Injection vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2018-1000632-dom4j-contains-a-xml-injection-vulnerability)