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CVE-2020-25614

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

xmlquery before 1.3.1 lacks a check for whether a LoadURL response is in the XML format, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV) at xmlquery.(*Node).InnerText or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Affected products

• Xmlquery Project Xmlquery: before 1.3.1 — fixed in 1.3.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Xmlquery Project Xmlquery 1.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/antchfx/xmlquery/compare/v1.3.0...v1.3.1
• https://github.com/antchfx/xmlquery/issues/39
• https://github.com/antchfx/xmlquery/compare/v1.3.0...v1.3.1
• https://github.com/antchfx/xmlquery/issues/39

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