7.5
HIGH
CVE-2024-3572
Scrapy XML External Entity (XXE) Injection
Description

The scrapy/scrapy project is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks due to the use of lxml.etree.fromstring for parsing untrusted XML data without proper validation. This vulnerability allows attackers to perform denial of service attacks, access local files, generate network connections, or circumvent firewalls by submitting specially crafted XML data.

INFO

Published Date :

April 16, 2024, 12:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 16, 2024, 1:24 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-3572 has a 1 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-2024-3572 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 Scrapy scrapy
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/commit/809bfac4890f75fc73607318a04d2ccba71b3d9f
https://huntr.com/bounties/c4a0fac9-0c5a-4718-9ee4-2d06d58adabb

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Updated: 5 days, 11 hours ago
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Born at : Oct. 1, 2024, 9:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 99 different CVEs too.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-3572 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 Received by [email protected]

    Apr. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The scrapy/scrapy project is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks due to the use of lxml.etree.fromstring for parsing untrusted XML data without proper validation. This vulnerability allows attackers to perform denial of service attacks, access local files, generate network connections, or circumvent firewalls by submitting specially crafted XML data.
    Added Reference huntr.dev https://huntr.com/bounties/c4a0fac9-0c5a-4718-9ee4-2d06d58adabb [No types assigned]
    Added Reference huntr.dev https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/commit/809bfac4890f75fc73607318a04d2ccba71b3d9f [No types assigned]
    Added CWE huntr.dev CWE-409
    Added CVSS V3 huntr.dev AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-3572 weaknesses.

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