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Advanced XML Reader <= 0.3.4 — External Entity Injection

120e6a19-fae3-4083-a72e-36867e7eb18aPublished · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤0.3.4No patch available

What to do until a fix ships
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Severity
Critical9.1
CVSS
9.1
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:N Integrity
None
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

Advanced XML Reader advanced-xml-reader

  1. Affected≤ 0.3.4
  2. PatchedNo fix yet

No patched version available.

You are affected if you run ≤ 0.3.4. No fixed version has been released.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Advanced XML Reader.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Advanced XML Reader to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Elites0ft.com.

The Advanced XML Reader plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) in versions up to, and including, 0.3.4 via an unspecified parameter. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data or achieve code execution in vulnerable configurations.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Advanced XML Reader

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More vulnerabilities in Advanced XML Reader
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High7.2XML External Entity Injection
≤0.3.4No patch available
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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity critical, CVSS 9.1

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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