Call to XML parsing API

Call to XML parsing API

Risk: info

Description

Improper XML parsing could lead to several vulnerabilities which could to arbitrary file access (External XML Entities injection, XML injection) or denial of service (Billion laughs, quadratic blowup).

Recommendation

This entry is informative, no recommendations applicable.

Links

• External XML Entities Injection (OWASP)
• XML Injection (OWASP)
• Parsing XML (Android developer)

Standards

• OWASP_MASVS_L1:
  • MSTG_PLATFORM_2
• OWASP_MASVS_L2:
  • MSTG_PLATFORM_2
• OWASP_MASVS_v2_1:
  • MASVS_CODE_4