High severityJavaXML External Entities (XXE)MEDIUM confidence
XXE Saxparserfactory
A SAXParserFactory is created without disabling DOCTYPE/external entity processing, exposing XXE injection (CWE-611).
Standards mapping
- OWASP Top 10
- A05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration
- OWASP ASVS
- V5.5.2 (L1)
Vulnerable vs. safe
Flagged by this check
SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();Passes - the safe pattern
SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();Why it matters & how to fix it
A SAXParserFactory is created without disabling DOCTYPE/external entity processing, exposing XXE injection (CWE-611). Before parsing untrusted XML, call setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/disallow-doctype-decl", true) and disable the external-general-entities and external-parameter-entities features.
References
Rule ID integsec-java-xxe-saxparserfactory - engine: Opengrep - license: MIT - Copyright (c) IntegSec Inc.
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