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by xapata 3466 days ago
Reading XML ain't secure against malicious data either.
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I don't know why you're downvoted, because this is exactly correct.

https://www.vsecurity.com//download/publications/XMLDTDEntit...

Granted, most modern parsers disable the features that can trigger this by default. But there's still a lot of code out there compiled against libraries that did not, and some of that code is still updated and extended today.