5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-52426
Apache Libexpat XML Entity Expansion Vulnerability
Description

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XML_DTD is undefined at compile time.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 4, 2024, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 7, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-52426 has a 8 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-52426 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Libexpat_project libexpat

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-52426 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Cybersecurity News
Google Warns: Dependency Scanners Often Misreport Vulnerabilities

The AutoVM team at Google has discovered that dependency scanning tools often mistakenly report vulnerabilities in software. These vulnerabilities may either pose no real security threat or require no ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 20, 2024 (2 months ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-52426 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 07, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0005/ [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/ [No types assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/776.html No Types Assigned https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/776.html Technical Description
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/0f075ec8ecb5e43f8fdca5182f8cca4703da0404 No Types Assigned https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/0f075ec8ecb5e43f8fdca5182f8cca4703da0404 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/777 No Types Assigned https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/777 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-776
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.5.0
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 04, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description libexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XML_DTD is undefined at compile time.
    Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/777 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/0f075ec8ecb5e43f8fdca5182f8cca4703da0404 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/776.html [No types assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-52426 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.01%

score

0.16953

percentile

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