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CWE-91XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)
Category: injection
Description
The product does not properly neutralize special elements that are used in XML, allowing attackers to modify the syntax, content, or commands of the XML before it is processed by an end system.
Within XML, special elements could include reserved words or characters such as "<", ">", """, and "&", which could then be used to add new data or modify XML syntax.
Common consequences· 1
- Confidentiality / Integrity / Availability — Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands, Read Application Data, Modify Application Data
Potential mitigations· 1
- [Implementation]
Related CAPEC attack patterns· 2
References
Exploits (incoming)2
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| AttackPattern | XML Injectioncapec-250 | 100% | live |
| AttackPattern | XPath Injectioncapec-83 | 100% | live |
Compliance frameworks addressing this (incoming)1
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| ComplianceControl | owasp_top10-a03 | 100% | live |
(incoming)7
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | CVE-2025-12921cve-2025-12921 | 0% | live |
| Vulnerability | CVE-2025-24404cve-2025-24404 | 0% | live |
| Vulnerability | CVE-2025-25589cve-2025-25589 | 0% | live |
| Vulnerability | CVE-2025-66034cve-2025-66034 | 0% | live |
| Vulnerability | CVE-2026-28770cve-2026-28770 | 0% | live |
| Vulnerability | CVE-2026-40165cve-2026-40165 | 0% | live |
| KEVEntry | Microsoft .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilitykev-cve-2020-0646 | 0% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.