# XML external entity injection in Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and others

CVE record · `CVE-2022-1700`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2022-1700`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** forcepoint
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-611](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html)
- **Tags:** [XML external entities (XXE)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/xxe.md)
- **Technologies:** [Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/forcepoint-data-loss-prevention-dlp.md) · [Forcepoint One Endpoint (F1E) with Policy Engine](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/forcepoint-one-endpoint-f1e-with-policy-engine.md) · [Forcepoint Web Security Content Gateway](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/forcepoint-web-security-content-gateway.md) · [Forcepoint Email Security with DLP enabled](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/forcepoint-email-security-with-dlp-enabled.md) · [Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/forcepoint-cloud-security-gateway.md)
- **Published:** 12 Sept 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: forcepoint) at 12 Sept 2022, 18:07 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Forcepoint. Product: Data Loss Prevention (DLP).
  - affected: `unspecified to before 8.8.2` (custom)
- Vendor: Forcepoint. Product: One Endpoint (F1E) with Policy Engine.
  - affected: `unspecified to before 8.8.2` (custom)
- Vendor: Forcepoint. Product: Web Security Content Gateway.
  - affected: `unspecified to before 8.5.5` (custom)
- Vendor: Forcepoint. Product: Email Security with DLP enabled.
  - affected: `unspecified to before 8.5.5` (custom)
- Vendor: Forcepoint. Product: Cloud Security Gateway.
  - affected: `prior to June 20, 2022`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`, from CNA (forcepoint)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0083, the 57th percentile, on 10 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 12 Sept 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2022-1700](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1700)
- [NVD: CVE-2022-1700](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1700)

### References from the CNA

- <https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2022-1700.html>

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