CVE-2019-18212

medium

Description

XMLLanguageService.java in XML Language Server (aka lsp4xml) before 0.9.1, as used in Red Hat XML Language Support (aka vscode-xml) before 0.9.1 for Visual Studio and other products, allows a remote attacker to write to arbitrary files via Directory Traversal.

References

Advisories
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https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=redhat.vscode-xml

https://github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-xml/

https://github.com/angelozerr/lsp4xml/pull/567

https://github.com/angelozerr/lsp4xml/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#others

https://www.shielder.it/blog/dont-open-that-xml-xxe-to-rce-in-xml-plugins-for-vs-code-eclipse-theia/

https://github.com/angelozerr/lsp4xml/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-10-23

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00547