maven package report

Is org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.xss safe?

3 known vulnerabilities, worst severity CRITICAL.

cvss
9.0

how bad it is if exploited, out of 10

epss
3.3%

chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

xyz score
4.0

CyberXYZ composite, out of 10

fig. 01 — GHSA-7g54-vgp6-jj5w, the advisory selected below

// advisories

GHSA-7g54-vgp6-jj5w

CRITICALCVE-2016-6798

In the XSS Protection API module before 1.0.12 in Apache Sling, the method XSS.getValidXML() uses an insecure SAX parser to validate the input string, which allows for XXE attacks in all scripts which use this method to validate user input, potentially allowing an attacker to read sensitive data on the filesystem, perform same-site-request-forgery (SSRF), port-scanning behind the firewall or DoS t

Affected
< 1.0.12
Fixed in
1.0.12
Weakness
CWE-611
Published
2022-05-17
Source
github

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// dependencies

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// ai model usage

Tracked for PyPI packages. HuggingFace models declare Python dependencies, so maven packages are not covered.

Checked 2026-09-22 at 02:56 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2022-05-17. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.

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