🛡️ CVE-2022-0198 — corenlp

🟠 CVSS 7.1 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-611 NVD
7.1
CVSS Score
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Description

XML External Entity Reference in edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-corenlp

The TransformXML() function makes use of SAXParser generated from a SAXParserFactory with no FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING set, allowing for XXE attacks.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-0198 is classified as CWE-611: XML External Entity Reference (XXE). An XML parser resolves external entities, letting a crafted document read local files or reach internal services.

Affected software

CVE-2022-0198 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • corenlp (fixed in 4.3.2)
  • edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-corenlp

Timeline and source

Published on 13 January 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
huntr.dev
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huntr.dev

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.1
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-611
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-01-13
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
corenlp — 4.3.2
edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-corenlp — —

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