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CVE-2019-15160

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-15160 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the SweetXml package (versions up to 0.6.6) for Erlang and Elixir, caused by an XML entity expansion attack using an inline DTD. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to achieve high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kbrw:sweet_xml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

erlangpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: sweet_xmlFixed in: 0.7.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

erlangGHSA-qpmc-wprv-x746high

Inline DTD allows XML bomb attack

Apr 12, 2022

References

github.com / kbrw/sweet_xml/issues/71
ExploitThird Party Advisory
hex.pm / packages/sweet_xml
Third Party Advisory