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CVE-2024-3572

The scrapy/scrapy project is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks due...

High CVSS 7.5

Overview

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.

CWE: CWE-409 Published: 2024-04-16T00:15:12.387
Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟠 HIGH.

  • CVSS: 7.5 (HIGH)
  • Detected tags: dos, xxe (tag impact: MODERATE)

Recommended actions:

  • Rate limiting, resource quotas and circuit breakers.
  • Disable external entities in XML parsers; use safe libraries.

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