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ebookmeta XML External Entity vulnerability

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 7, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 7, 2024

Package

pip ebookmeta (pip)

Affected versions

< 1.2.8

Patched versions

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 7, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 7, 2024
Reviewed Jun 7, 2024
Last updated Jun 7, 2024

Severity

Critical
9.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-37388

GHSA ID

GHSA-hx54-pf28-7xch

Source code

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