XML External Entity (XXE) Injection
In this section, we’ll explain what XML external entity injection is, describe some common examples, explain how to find and exploit various kinds of XXE injection, and summarize how to prevent XXE injection attacks. What is XML external entity injection? XML external entity injection (also known as XXE) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with an application’s processing of XML data. It often allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem, and to interact with any backend or external systems that the application itself can access. In some situations, an attacker can escalate an XXE attack to compromise the underlying server or other backend infrastructure, by leveraging the XXE vulnerability to perform server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks. There are various types of XXE attacks: XXE Attack TypeDescriptionExploiting XXE to Retrieve FilesWhere an external entity is defined containing the contents of a file,...
