Or if you have to parse a non-XML document, then use the `parseNonXml` method. Please refer to the issue for more details. ------------------------- If you are using a version of xmldom older then 0.7.7, then you are vulnerable to a very specific attack. The attack works by having two documents, one that is well-formed and one that is not. The not well-formed one embeds an element with a `Content-Type` of `xml` to try and trick xmldom into treating it as a XML document. If a user then loads the well-formed one into an xmldom parser (for example by saving it to a file, then loading it via JavaScript), then an attacker can control the data in the well-formed one. This is possible because xmldom will pass the not well-formed one’s data through as though it were the well-formed one. The way to protect against this attack is to always validate the `Content-Type` of the document you are trying to parse. -------------------------- If you are using xmldom version 0.8.4 or later, then you are not vulnerable to this attack. -------------------------- If you are using a version of xmldom older then 0.8.4, then you are vulnerable to a very specific attack. The attack works by having two documents, one that is well-formed and one that is not

What do we know about the vulnerability?

In the xmldom project, we have been made aware of a vulnerability in the parser module. This vulnerability is specific to versions of xmldom older then 0.7.7 and allows an attacker to control the data in a well-formed document by passing it through as if it were a not well-formed one. -------------------------- If you are using xmldom version 0.8.4 or later, then you are not vulnerable to this attack. -------------------------- If you are using a version of xmldom older then 0.8.4, then you are vulnerable to a very specific attack. The attack works by having two documents, one that is well-formed and one that is not
Please refer to the issue for more details on how the vulnerability works and some possible solutions: https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/39353

What do you need to do to protect against this attack?

The way to protect against this attack is to always validate the `Content-Type` of the document you are trying to parse. -------------------------- If you are using xmldom version 0.8.4 or later, then you are not vulnerable to this attack. -------------------------- If you are using a version of xmldom older then 0.8.4, then you are vulnerable to a very specific attack. The attack works by having two documents, one that is well-formed and one that is not

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Published on: 11/02/2022 17:15:00 UTC
Last modified on: 11/04/2022 12:29:00 UTC

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