CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-6721

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Dec 13, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An XEE vulnerability has been found in Repox, which allows a remote attacker to interfere with the applications XML data processing in the fileupload function, resulting in interaction between the attacker and the servers file system.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Repox Europeana 2.3.7 (including) 2.3.7 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References