Datavane TIS v5.0.0 contains an XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to perform server-side request forgery and out-of-band file exfiltration by supplying a crafted taskScript payload to the doEditWorkflow endpoint, which processes XML through an unhardened DocumentBuilderFactory with external entities and DTD loading enabled. Attackers can send a malicious XML document containing an external DTD reference to the edit_workflow action, causing the server to issue outbound HTTP requests to attacker-controlled infrastructure and exfiltrate local files readable by the TIS process user, including configuration files and Derby database credentials.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/datavane-tis-xxe-injection-via-doeditworkflow-endpoint
https://github.com/datavane/tis/issues/496
https://github.com/datavane/tis/commit/2a84a1b84218a303e3e0a4823023363d5a7abfa1
Published: 2026-08-14
Updated: 2026-08-14
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.3
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High