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CVE-2021-39371

An XML external entity (XXE) injection in PyWPS before 4.4.5 allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem by assigning a path to the entity. OWSLib 0.24.1 may also be affected.

Published: Aug 23, 2021
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
CVE: CVE-2021-39371
GHSA: GHSA-p9wf-3xpg-c9g5
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: High
Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-611
CWE-91

OWASP TOP 10:

A4 - XML External Entities (XXE)
A1 - Injection

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
osgeo / owslib	0.24.1	0.24.1.x
osgeo / pywps	-	4.4.5
debian / debian_linux	9.0	9.0.x
pywps	-	4.5.0

https://github.com/geopython/OWSLib/issues/790
https://github.com/geopython/pywps/commit/7d6b26a2e931df2feca0b7fb24f4d01610825aee
https://github.com/geopython/pywps/pull/616
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00001.html

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