CVE-2018-1000652: Jabref

Critical severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

JabRef version <=4.3.1 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in MsBibImporter XML Parser that can result in disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, server side request forgery, port scanning. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted MsBib file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 89f855d.

Affected products

• Jabref Jabref: up to and including 4.3.1

Published 2018-08-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.