Celebrate CSA month with AppSecEngineer | 25% off on Annual plans and bootcamps | Apply code 'SECURITYFIRST25'

What is XML External Entities (XXE)?

PUBLISHED:
February 21, 2022
|
BY:
Abhay Bhargav
Ideal for
Developer
Security Engineer
Pentester

Security Engineer Interview Questions - What is XML External Entities (XXE)?

Never be caught tongue-tied in an Application Security Engineer Interview. In this video Abhay Bhargav explores the popular Security Engineer Interview question from Glassdoor and Indeed "What is XXE?"

#XXE is a key vulnerability in OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Top 10 and is a serious vulnerability that can have devastating impacts against your Web Application or Web Service. XXE can result in Local-File Include, Remote File Include, Remote Code Execution, Server-Side Request Forgery or #SSRF and Denial of Service.

Abhay explores XXE in the form of an offensive and defensive demo directly from AppSecEngineer's Learning Path "Application Security"

Abhay Bhargav

Blog Author
Abhay builds AI-native infrastructure for security teams operating at modern scale. His work blends offensive security, applied machine learning, and cloud-native systems focused on solving the real-world gaps that legacy tools ignore. With over a decade of experience across red teaming, threat modeling, detection engineering, and ML deployment, Abhay has helped high-growth startups and engineering teams build security that actually works in production, not just on paper.
4.6

Koushik M.

"Exceptional Hands-On Security Learning Platform"

Varunsainadh K.

"Practical Security Training with Real-World Labs"

Gaël Z.

"A new generation platform showing both attacks and remediations"

Nanak S.

"Best resource to learn for appsec and product security"

Ready to Elevate Your Security Training?

Empower your teams with the skills they need to secure your applications and stay ahead of the curve.
Get Started Now
4.6

Koushik M.

"Exceptional Hands-On Security Learning Platform"

Varunsainadh K.

"Practical Security Training with Real-World Labs"

Gaël Z.

"A new generation platform showing both attacks and remediations"

Nanak S.

"Best resource to learn for appsec and product security"

Ready to Elevate Your Security Training?

Empower your teams with the skills they need to secure your applications and stay ahead of the curve.
Get Our Newsletter
Get Started
X

Not ready for a demo?

Join us for a live product tour - available every Thursday at 8am PT/11 am ET

Schedule a demo

No, I will lose this chance & potential revenue

x
x