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ID:11027 - Exploit for Input validation error in REXML - CVE-2024-35176
ID:11027 - Exploit for Input validation error in REXML - CVE-2024-35176
Published: December 27, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU94361
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35176
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
REXML
REXML
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing XML that has multiple bracket character occurrences (e.g. "<") in an attribute value. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.