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🛡️ GHSA-2g98-f9jv-w8c5 — xmlseclibs

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-91 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

robrichards/xmlseclibs XPath injection

A vulnerability has been identified in the robrichards/xmlseclibs library, specifically related to XPath injection. The issue arises from inadequate filtering of user input before it is incorporated into XPath expressions.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

GHSA-2g98-f9jv-w8c5 is classified as CWE-91: XML Injection. Untrusted data is inserted into an XML document or query, changing its structure rather than only its content.

Affected software

GHSA-2g98-f9jv-w8c5 is recorded against 1 package.

  • robrichards/xmlseclibs (from 1.0.0 up to 3.0.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 May 2024 and last revised on 5 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

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github.com (Package)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-91
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-05-20
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2024-12-05
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
robrichards/xmlseclibs 1.0.0 3.0.2

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