diff --git a/client/idrepo/console/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/client/console/panels/ParametersModalPanel.java b/client/idrepo/console/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/client/console/panels/ParametersModalPanel.java
index 58725545f7..4d7caad4d3 100644
--- a/client/idrepo/console/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/client/console/panels/ParametersModalPanel.java
+++ b/client/idrepo/console/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/client/console/panels/ParametersModalPanel.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.Set;
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.DateFormatUtils;
@@ -48,8 +49,6 @@ public class ParametersModalPanel extends AbstractModalPanel<ConfParam> {
 
     protected static final JsonMapper JSON_MAPPER = JsonMapper.builder().findAndAddModules().build();
 
-    protected static final SAXParserFactory SAX_PARSER_FACTORY = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
-
     protected static boolean isDate(final String value) {
         try {
             DateFormatUtils.ISO_8601_EXTENDED_DATETIME_TIME_ZONE_FORMAT.parse(value);
@@ -79,9 +78,12 @@ protected static boolean isJSON(final String value) {
 
     protected static boolean isXML(final String value) {
         try {
-            SAX_PARSER_FACTORY.newSAXParser().getXMLReader().parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(value)));
+            SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
+            factory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, Boolean.TRUE);
+            factory.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/disallow-doctype-decl", true);
+            factory.newSAXParser().getXMLReader().parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(value)));
             return true;
-        } catch (IOException | ParserConfigurationException | SAXException xmle) {
+        } catch (IOException | ParserConfigurationException | SAXException e) {
             return false;
         }
     }