PT-2017-17011 · Grails · Grails Pdf Plugin

Published 2017-02-27 · Updated 2017-03-02 · CVE-2017-6344

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Grails PDF Plugin version 0.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document, exploiting an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.

Recommendations For Grails PDF Plugin version 0.6, update to a version that fixes this issue, as the current version allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6344

Affected Products

Grails Pdf Plugin

References · 4

• 🔥 https://ambionics.io/blog/grails-pdf-plugin-xxe · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6344 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6344 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96446 · Note