CVE-2020-11988: Apache Xmlgraphics Commons

High severity, CVSS 8.2. EPSS: 6.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Apache XmlGraphics Commons 2.4 and earlier is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by improper input validation by the XMPParser. By using a specially-crafted argument, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the underlying server to make arbitrary GET requests. Users should upgrade to 2.6 or later.

Affected products

• Apache Xmlgraphics Commons: up to and including 2.4
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 33 only; version 34 only

Published 2021-02-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.