XXE in AdminBackupAction.java

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The Issue

An XML External Entity attack is a type of attack against an application that parses XML input. This attack occurs when XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser. This attack may lead to the disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, server side request forgery, port scanning from the perspective of the machine where the parser is located, and other system impacts.

Where the Issue Occurred

The following code snippets display the usage of SAXParserFactory without securely disabling entities:

fess/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/app/web/admin/backup/AdminBackupAction.java

Lines 115 to 118 in f0e2046

	} else if (fileName.startsWith("gsa") && fileName.endsWith(".xml")) {
	final GsaConfigParser configParser = ComponentUtil.getComponent(GsaConfigParser.class);
	try (final InputStream in = form.bulkFile.getInputStream()) {
	configParser.parse(new InputSource(in));