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CVE-2010-1632

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-06-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Apache Axis2 before 1.5.2, as used in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.0 through 7.0.0.12, IBM Feature Pack for Web Services 6.1.0.9 through 6.1.0.32, IBM Feature Pack for Web 2.0 1.0.1.0, Apache Synapse, Apache ODE, Apache Tuscany, Apache Geronimo, and other products, does not properly reject DTDs in SOAP messages, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted DTD, as demonstrated by an entity declaration in a request to the Synapse SimpleStockQuoteService.

Affected products

• Apache Axis2: through 1.5.1; 1.3, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.5

References

• http://geronimo.apache.org/2010/07/21/apache-geronimo-v216-released.html
• http://geronimo.apache.org/21x-security-report.html
• http://geronimo.apache.org/22x-security-report.html
• http://markmail.org/message/e4yiij7lfexastvl
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40252
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40279
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41016
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41025
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21433581
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM14765
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM14844
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM14847

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