diff --git a/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.webapp.publisher/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/webapp/publisher/WebappPublisherUtil.java b/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.webapp.publisher/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/webapp/publisher/WebappPublisherUtil.java
index 9308910c065..17e2edb9a84 100644
--- a/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.webapp.publisher/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/webapp/publisher/WebappPublisherUtil.java
+++ b/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.webapp.publisher/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/webapp/publisher/WebappPublisherUtil.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.webapp.publisher;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ public class WebappPublisherUtil {
         DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
         factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
         try {
+            factory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
             DocumentBuilder docBuilder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
             return docBuilder.parse(file);
         } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/util/CertificateManagerUtil.java b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/util/CertificateManagerUtil.java
index 9c9d64aa97b..9f75079cfb3 100644
--- a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/util/CertificateManagerUtil.java
+++ b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/util/CertificateManagerUtil.java
@@ -28,28 +28,25 @@ import org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core.dao.CertificateManagementDAOUtil;
 import org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core.exception.CertificateManagementException;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class CertificateManagerUtil {
 
-    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(CertificateManagerUtil.class);
-
     public static final String GENERAL_CONFIG_RESOURCE_PATH = "general";
     public static final String MONITORING_FREQUENCY = "notifierFrequency";
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(CertificateManagerUtil.class);
 
     public static Document convertToDocument(File file) throws CertificateManagementException {
         DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
         factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
         try {
             DocumentBuilder docBuilder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
+            factory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
             return docBuilder.parse(file);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new CertificateManagementException("Error occurred while parsing file, while converting " +
diff --git a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/util/ConfigurationUtil.java b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/util/ConfigurationUtil.java
index 36d9182c10b..fa5b49e56cf 100644
--- a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/util/ConfigurationUtil.java
+++ b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/util/ConfigurationUtil.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 import org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core.exception.KeystoreException;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
@@ -48,22 +50,19 @@ public class ConfigurationUtil {
 	public static final String POST_BODY_CA_CAPS = "POSTPKIOperation\nSHA-1\nDES3\n";
 	public static final String DES_EDE = "DESede";
 	public static final String CONF_LOCATION = "conf.location";
-    private static final String CARBON_HOME = "carbon.home";
-    private static final String CERTIFICATE_CONFIG_XML = "certificate-config.xml";
-    private static final String CARBON_HOME_ENTRY = "${carbon.home}";
     public static final String DEFAULT_PRINCIPAL = "O=WSO2, OU=Mobile, C=LK";
     public static final String RSA_PRIVATE_KEY_BEGIN_TEXT = "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n";
     public static final String RSA_PRIVATE_KEY_END_TEXT = "-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----";
     public static final String EMPTY_TEXT = "";
 	public static final int RSA_KEY_LENGTH = 1024;
 	public static final long MILLI_SECONDS = 1000L * 60 * 60 * 24;
-
-
-	private static ConfigurationUtil configurationUtil;
+	private static final String CARBON_HOME = "carbon.home";
+	private static final String CERTIFICATE_CONFIG_XML = "certificate-config.xml";
+	private static final String CARBON_HOME_ENTRY = "${carbon.home}";
 	private static final String[] certificateConfigEntryNames = { CA_CERT_ALIAS, RA_CERT_ALIAS,
 			CERTIFICATE_KEYSTORE, PATH_CERTIFICATE_KEYSTORE, CERTIFICATE_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD,
 			KEYSTORE_CA_CERT_PRIV_PASSWORD, KEYSTORE_RA_CERT_PRIV_PASSWORD };
-
+	private static ConfigurationUtil configurationUtil;
 	private static Map<String, String> configMap;
 
 	private static Map<String, String> readCertificateConfigurations() throws KeystoreException {
@@ -79,6 +78,7 @@ public class ConfigurationUtil {
 			try {
 				File fXmlFile = new File(certConfLocation);
 				DocumentBuilderFactory documentBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+				documentBuilderFactory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
 				DocumentBuilder documentBuilder = documentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
 				document = documentBuilder.parse(fXmlFile);
 			} catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.analytics.data.publisher/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/analytics/data/publisher/DataPublisherUtil.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.analytics.data.publisher/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/analytics/data/publisher/DataPublisherUtil.java
index a13310ee942..da430d5fd44 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.analytics.data.publisher/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/analytics/data/publisher/DataPublisherUtil.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.analytics.data.publisher/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/analytics/data/publisher/DataPublisherUtil.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.analytics.data.publisher;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.analytics.data.publisher.exception.DataPublisherConfigurationException;
 
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ public class DataPublisherUtil {
         factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
         try {
             DocumentBuilder docBuilder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
+            factory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
             return docBuilder.parse(file);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new DataPublisherConfigurationException("Error occurred while parsing file, while converting " +
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/permission/mgt/PermissionUtils.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/permission/mgt/PermissionUtils.java
index d70247f683b..27b95e56ccc 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/permission/mgt/PermissionUtils.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/permission/mgt/PermissionUtils.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.permission.mgt;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.wso2.carbon.context.PrivilegedCarbonContext;
-import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.DeviceManagementException;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.permission.mgt.Permission;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.permission.mgt.PermissionManagementException;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.internal.DeviceManagementDataHolder;
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ import org.wso2.carbon.registry.api.RegistryException;
 import org.wso2.carbon.registry.api.Resource;
 import org.wso2.carbon.registry.core.Registry;
 
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ public class PermissionUtils {
 		factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
 		try {
 			DocumentBuilder docBuilder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
+			factory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
 			return docBuilder.parse(file);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new PermissionManagementException("Error occurred while parsing file, while converting " +
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/util/DeviceManagerUtil.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/util/DeviceManagerUtil.java
index ec798f2bdc1..a9d472d4985 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/util/DeviceManagerUtil.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/util/DeviceManagerUtil.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.wso2.carbon.base.MultitenantConstants;
-import org.wso2.carbon.context.PrivilegedCarbonContext;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.Device;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.DeviceIdentifier;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.DeviceManagementException;
@@ -41,14 +40,11 @@ import org.wso2.carbon.utils.ConfigurationContextService;
 import org.wso2.carbon.utils.NetworkUtils;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.*;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Hashtable;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 
 public final class DeviceManagerUtil {
@@ -60,6 +56,7 @@ public final class DeviceManagerUtil {
         factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
         try {
             DocumentBuilder docBuilder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
+            factory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
             return docBuilder.parse(file);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new DeviceManagementException("Error occurred while parsing file, while converting " +
diff --git a/components/email-sender/org.wso2.carbon.email.sender.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/email/sender/core/EmailSenderUtil.java b/components/email-sender/org.wso2.carbon.email.sender.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/email/sender/core/EmailSenderUtil.java
index c1f03a02bc1..6c34c05805c 100644
--- a/components/email-sender/org.wso2.carbon.email.sender.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/email/sender/core/EmailSenderUtil.java
+++ b/components/email-sender/org.wso2.carbon.email.sender.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/email/sender/core/EmailSenderUtil.java
@@ -19,11 +19,8 @@
 package org.wso2.carbon.email.sender.core;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
-import org.wso2.carbon.email.sender.core.internal.EmailSenderDataHolder;
-import org.wso2.carbon.utils.CarbonUtils;
-import org.wso2.carbon.utils.ConfigurationContextService;
-import org.wso2.carbon.utils.NetworkUtils;
 
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -35,6 +32,7 @@ public class EmailSenderUtil {
         factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
         try {
             DocumentBuilder docBuilder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
+            factory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
             return docBuilder.parse(file);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new EmailSenderConfigurationFailedException("Error occurred while parsing file, while converting " +
diff --git a/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/util/PolicyManagerUtil.java b/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/util/PolicyManagerUtil.java
index 0d80901d210..ee55646f117 100644
--- a/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/util/PolicyManagerUtil.java
+++ b/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/util/PolicyManagerUtil.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import javax.cache.Cache;
 import javax.cache.CacheManager;
 import javax.cache.Caching;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
@@ -53,17 +54,16 @@ import java.util.*;
 
 public class PolicyManagerUtil {
 
-    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(PolicyManagerUtil.class);
-
     public static final String GENERAL_CONFIG_RESOURCE_PATH = "general";
     public static final String MONITORING_FREQUENCY = "notifierFrequency";
-
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(PolicyManagerUtil.class);
 
     public static Document convertToDocument(File file) throws PolicyManagementException {
         DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
         factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
         try {
             DocumentBuilder docBuilder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
+            factory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
             return docBuilder.parse(file);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new PolicyManagementException("Error occurred while parsing file, while converting " +
@@ -153,11 +153,7 @@ public class PolicyManagerUtil {
 
     public static boolean convertIntToBoolean(int x) {
 
-        if (x == 1) {
-            return true;
-        } else {
-            return false;
-        }
+        return x == 1;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/components/webapp-authenticator-framework/org.wso2.carbon.webapp.authenticator.framework/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/webapp/authenticator/framework/AuthenticationFrameworkUtil.java b/components/webapp-authenticator-framework/org.wso2.carbon.webapp.authenticator.framework/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/webapp/authenticator/framework/AuthenticationFrameworkUtil.java
index 1ae7b831162..81629eedb5a 100644
--- a/components/webapp-authenticator-framework/org.wso2.carbon.webapp.authenticator.framework/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/webapp/authenticator/framework/AuthenticationFrameworkUtil.java
+++ b/components/webapp-authenticator-framework/org.wso2.carbon.webapp.authenticator.framework/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/webapp/authenticator/framework/AuthenticationFrameworkUtil.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.wso2.carbon.context.PrivilegedCarbonContext;
 import org.wso2.carbon.webapp.authenticator.framework.Utils.Utils;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ public class AuthenticationFrameworkUtil {
         factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
         try {
             DocumentBuilder docBuilder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
+            factory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
             return docBuilder.parse(file);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new AuthenticatorFrameworkException("Error occurred while parsing file, while converting " +