PT-2024-27172 · Ebookmeta · Ebookmeta

Peri0D · Published 2024-06-07 · Updated 2024-09-13 · CVE-2024-36827

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

8.7

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ebookmeta versions prior to 1.2.8

Description An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the ebookmeta.get metadata function allows attackers to access sensitive information or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted XML input.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.8, update to version 1.2.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the ebookmeta.get metadata function until a patch is available.

Fix

XML Entity Expansion

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-776

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-36827

GHSA-WHF4-FPJ8-PGG8

PYSEC-2024-76

Affected Products

Ebookmeta

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36827 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-36827 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2024-76 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-whf4-fpj8-pgg8 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ebookmeta/PYSEC-2024-76.yaml · Note
• https://github.com/dnkorpushov/ebookmeta/issues/16#issue-2317712335 · Note
• https://github.com/dnkorpushov/ebookmeta · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1799149347092721802 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1799181815166484601 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/94570 · Telegram Post