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CVE-2024-3572

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Date: April 15, 2024

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.

Language: Python

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Related Resources (5)

https://huntr.com/bounties/c4a0fac9-0c5a-4718-9ee4-2d06d58adabb
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3572
https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/commit/809bfac4890f75fc73607318a04d2ccba71b3d9f
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-3572
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2024-3572

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

CWE-409

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

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