GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-hx54-pf28-7xch ebookmeta XML External Entity vulnerability

HIGH Published 2024-06-07 Modified 2024-10-30 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-37388
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
ebookmeta
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-611, CWE-776
Reviewed
2024-06-07

Affected packages

• PyPI ebookmeta: < 1.2.8 → fixed in 1.2.8

Description

An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the `ebookmeta.get_metadata` function via lxml dependency allows attackers to access sensitive information or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted XML input.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2024-37388 An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the ebookmeta.get_metadata function of lxml before v4.9.1 allows attackers to access… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
  • CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs weakness

References