CVE-2018-1000840 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Processing Foundation Processing version 3.4 and earlier, specifically within the loadXML() function. This flaw allows an attacker to read arbitrary files and exfiltrate their contents via HTTP requests if a victim parses a specially crafted XML document. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and high confidentiality impact (C:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:processing:processing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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