CVE-2022-1700Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability in the Policy Engine of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP),…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 0.83%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 42% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability in the Policy Engine of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP), which is also leveraged by Forcepoint One Endpoint (F1E), Web Security Content Gateway, Email Security with DLP enabled, and Cloud Security Gateway prior to June 20, 2022. The XML parser in the Policy Engine was found to be improperly configured to support external entities and external DTD (Document Type Definitions), which can lead to an XXE attack. This issue affects: Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) versions prior to 8.8.2. Forcepoint One Endpoint (F1E) with Policy Engine versions prior to 8.8.2. Forcepoint Web Security Content Gateway versions prior to 8.5.5. Forcepoint Email Security with DLP enabled versions prior to 8.5.5. Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway prior to June 20, 2022.
Timeline
ID reserved
By forcepoint
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| forcepointCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.83% · top 42% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
Forcepoint · Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- affected unspecified – < 8.8.2
Forcepoint · One Endpoint (F1E) with Policy Engine
- affected unspecified – < 8.8.2
Forcepoint · Web Security Content Gateway
- affected unspecified – < 8.5.5
Forcepoint · Email Security with DLP enabled
- affected unspecified – < 8.5.5
Forcepoint · Cloud Security Gateway
- affected prior to June 20, 2022
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to the following versions: Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) versions 8.8.2 or above. Forcepoint One Endpoint (F1E) with Policy Engine versions 8.8.2 or above. Forcepoint Web Security Content Gateway versions 8.5.5 or above. Forcepoint Email Security with DLP enabled versions 8.5.5 or above.
Workaround: See https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2022-1700.html
References
References1
- https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2022-1700.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-24985 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2022-1700)Record last updated .