8.6
HIGH
CVE-2024-52007
HAPI FHIR XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability
Description

HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. XSLT parsing performed by various components are vulnerable to XML external entity injections. A processed XML file with a malicious DTD tag ( <!DOCTYPE foo [<!ENTITY example SYSTEM "/etc/passwd"> ]> could produce XML containing data from the host system. This impacts use cases where org.hl7.fhir.core is being used to within a host where external clients can submit XML. This is related to GHSA-6cr6-ph3p-f5rf, in which its fix (#1571 & #1717) was incomplete. This issue has been addressed in release version 6.4.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 8, 2024, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 12, 2024, 1:56 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
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  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. XSLT parsing performed by various components are vulnerable to XML external entity injections. A processed XML file with a malicious DTD tag ( <!DOCTYPE foo [<!ENTITY example SYSTEM "/etc/passwd"> ]> could produce XML containing data from the host system. This impacts use cases where org.hl7.fhir.core is being used to within a host where external clients can submit XML. This is related to GHSA-6cr6-ph3p-f5rf, in which its fix (#1571 & #1717) was incomplete. This issue has been addressed in release version 6.4.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/security/advisories/GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/security/advisories/GHSA-6cr6-ph3p-f5rf [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/issues/1571 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/pull/1717 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#jaxp-documentbuilderfactory-saxparserfactory-and-dom4j [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-611
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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